asked the Minister for Social Welfare if the double payment for Christmas will apply to a person (details supplied) in Dublin who is in receipt of unemployment assistance.
Written Answers. - Social Welfare Double Payment.
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In accordance with the undertaking given in the national understanding provision was made for a double payment for one week in December 1980 in weekly social welfare payments to long-term social welfare recipients
Recipients of unemployment assistance are not regarded as long-term cases. Accordingly the person concerned will not be entitled to an extra payment under the provisions of the Social Welfare (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1980.