asked the Minister for Social Welfare the reasons why payment of unemployment assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Galway ceased without notice.

The reason for the temporary suspension of payment in this case was that the claim had been recalled to headquarters for reconsideration in the light of information which had come to hand that the person concerned had been working on several days in respect of which he had claimed and been paid unemployment assistance. Payment was restored when the amount of the overpayment had been assessed and has continued to date.