Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 238A

Definitions

Section 238A defines the key terms — employment, self-employment, qualifying payment, qualifying scheme, and relevant payment — used in relation to back to work family dividend.

• "Employment" means insurable employment but excludes participation in a qualifying scheme; "self-employment" means insurable self-employment.
• A "qualifying scheme" covers ministerial schemes (Community Employment, Tús, Rural Social Scheme, Gateway, the national internship scheme), approved training courses, and any other prescribed programme of employment, work experience, education, training, or development.
• A "qualifying payment" is the allowance paid to a participant on a qualifying scheme who was receiving jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's benefit (self-employed), or standard jobseeker's allowance immediately before joining.
• A "relevant payment" is the allowance paid to a participant on a qualifying scheme who was receiving one-parent family payment, qualified adult jobseeker's allowance, blind pension, or disability allowance immediately before joining.