Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

She cannot qualify for the back to education allowance unless they can prove that she qualifies for the lone parent allowance. I can understand why that particular waiting time might be long.

Generally, there is not a long delay on lone parent allowance applications. I do not think I have the figure for the waiting time for that allowance to hand, but I shall-----

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