Jury service and unemployment payments
The Minister said unemployment benefit or assistance can continue during jury service and offered to investigate any reported difficulty.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will examine the position of persons who are summoned to serve as jurors and are in receipt of unemployment benefit and as a consequence are not available for work and will not be paid unemployment benefit.
Comment on this
A claimant in receipt of unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance who is summoned to serve as a juror may continue to receive benefit or assistance for the period of jury service. I am not aware that there have been any difficulties in this regard, but if the Deputy is aware of any case where difficulties have arisen I will be pleased to examine it if the details are supplied.
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