The Minister of Community Development, Hessa bint Issa Bouhamid, affirmed the state’s keenness to provide all social welfare means for citizens, especially those who pass through exceptional circumstances beyond their control, noting that the Social Security Law specified in Article 4 of it the categories that are eligible for social assistance, among which " Widows, the elderly, the unknown parents and orphans. "
In response to a parliamentary question asked by the member of the Federal National Council, Adnan Hamad Al Hammadi, about "allocating social assistance to the unemployed" during the parliament session held on Tuesday morning - the unemployed are not among the groups that deserve social assistance, according to Article 4 of Law No. 2 of 2001 in the matter of social security, but Article 7 of the same law permits the disbursement of social assistance to the unemployed, on an exceptional basis, to support certain situations such as those who have defaulted in temporary financial cases, and who have a medical disability that prevents them from working, They find it difficult to obtain a certificate of good conduct, and those who terminate prison sentences and cannot catch a job. "
The Minister revealed that the total cases of the unemployed who received exceptional social assistance, pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Social Security Law, amounted to 3 thousand and 245 cases during the period from 2017 to the first quarter of this year, including 1277 cases that received assistance in 2017, It was followed by 811 cases in 2018, then 772 cases last year, and finally 385 cases since the beginning of this year, stressing that those who receive this aid sign declarations that they are exceptional aid for a period of only 6 months.