(1)

(a) In this section -

''the Act of 2005'' means the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005;

''continuous period of unemployment'' has the meaning assigned in section 141(3) of the Act of 2005;

''director'' and ''proprietary director'' have the same meanings, respectively, as in section 472;

''emoluments'' has the same meaning as in subsection (1)(a) of section 472 and, in relation to the exclusions from that definition, subsection (2) of that section shall apply accordingly;

''employment'' means an office or employment of profit such that any emoluments of the office or employment of profit are to be charged to tax under Schedule E;

''employment scheme'' means a scheme or programme which provides for the payment in respect of an employment to an employer or an employee of a grant, subsidy or other such payment funded wholly or mainly, directly or indirectly, by the State or by any board established by statute or by any public or local authority;