Vol. 563 No. 1
566 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason unemployment assistance has been discontinued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7232/03]
The person concerned claimed unemployment benefit on 9 January 2003. Her claim was disallowed by a deciding officer on the grounds that she was not genuinely seeking work. Social welfare legislation provides that a person must satisfy the conditions of being available for and genuinely seeking work in order to be entitled to unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance.
Claimants are expected to demonstrate that they have taken reasonable steps to secure employment and to provide examples of such steps. Each case is decided on its own merits within the framework of the relevant legislation. The person in question was advised on 10 March that her claim has been disallowed and, at the same time, she was advised of her right of appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office.
