Mary Wallace
Ceist:211 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare if an unemployment assistance claimant and an unemployment assistance dependant receives the same treatment for the back-to-work allowance scheme; if the dependant obtains employment if he will benefit from the back-to-work scheme; if not, the reason therefore; the position of a dependant who was told in June 1996 that the back-to-work allowance did not apply to her in view of the fact that the the unemployment assistance claim was in her husband's name and was told in November 1996 that this had been changed in recent months and that either party qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3020/97]