Vol. 456 No. 6
161 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment his views on whether it is appropriate to use marital status to prevent people qualifying for community employment schemes or whether the only criterion should be unemployment; and the proposals, if any, he has to change the law to prevent discrimination on the basis of marital status. [14501/95]
No discrimination on marital status exists in so far as qualifying for community employment is concerned. As such both men and women — married or single — who fulfil any of the following eligibility criteria can participate on the programme: persons on unemployment benefit (UB) for over 12 months or persons over 21 years and in receipt of unemployment assistance (UA) or persons in receipt of lone parent's allowance for over 12 months or persons referred by the National Rehabilitation Board (NRB).
