The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following Part after Part 7:

"Part 7A Back to work family dividend

238A. Definitions

In this Part -

'employment' means insurable employment but does not include participation in a qualifying scheme;

'qualifying payment' means an allowance payable to a person participating in a qualifying scheme where, immediately before such participation commenced, the person was in receipt of -

(a) jobseeker's benefit, or

(b) jobseeker's allowance, other than jobseeker's allowance payable in accordance with section 148A;

'qualifying scheme' means -

(a) a scheme administered by the Minister and known as -

(i) Community Employment,

(ii) Tús,

(iii) Rural Social Scheme,

(iv) Gateway, or

(v) the national internship scheme,

(b) an approved course of training, or

(c) any other prescribed -

(i) scheme or programme of employment or work experience, or

(ii) course of education, training or development;