Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for back to education allowance received on an annual basis in the past five years to date in 2010; the number approved or refused in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22094/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Participants in the back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme transfer from another social welfare payment. Annual statistics are collated by the department for the number of participants on the basis of the relevant academic year. Statistics are not available on the number of applications received or the number who are refused entry to the scheme and, consequently, remain on their existing payment. Details of the number of participants in the BTEA scheme for the academic years 2005/2006 to 2009/2010 are presented in the accompanying Table. Table 1 – BTEA Participants 2005/2006 to 2009/2010