I will deal first with the change to the back to education allowance. The qualifying period for the BTEA will be increased from six months to 15 months in respect of the third level option The original period was set at a time when unemployment was considerably higher. Since then, unemployment has fallen dramatically. Furthermore, the Government has introduced the employment action plan which offers job placement or other supports for those who find it difficult to be placed in employment. Until now, with an intervention point for both second and third level at six months, the measure was not particularly well targeted at labour market disadvantage.