Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she would reconsider granting the back to school allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25831/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme operates from the beginning of June until the end of September each year.

Those customers who did not receive an automated payment are required to complete and return an application form to the Department. In all cases a letter will issue to applicants informing them of the decision and, where payment has been awarded, when and where they can collect the payment. In the case of refusal of the allowance the procedures for review of the decision is outlined to customers.

The person concerned was refused BSCFA as her means are in excess of the allowable limits for her family size. The person concerned can request a review by contacting the BSCFA Review Section in Letterkenny. Details on how to request a review are available on the Department's website at www.welfare.ie or on the refusal letter that has been provided to the applicant.