| ID | 4771 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Department of Social Welfare |
| Reference | AA 611/61 |
| Description | To ask Minister for Social Welfare if he is aware of the fact that a number of applicants for (a) old age pension (b) unemployment assistance are having their pensions and umeployment assistance reduced on account of earnings of their wives and families in cottage industries such as knitting, which is discouraging women from working in these industries, and if so, if he will take immediate steps to ensure that these earnings will not be taken into account in assessing means, 1961. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1961 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | National Archives of Ireland |
| Address | 8 Bishop Street Dublin 8 |
| Eircode | D08 DF85 |
| Telephone | (01) 407-2300 |
| Telephone 2 | 1890-25-24-24 |
| Email Address | query@nationalarchives.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.nationalarchives.ie/ |
| latitude | 53.33847 |
| longitude | -6.26860 |