Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of persons in receipt of the cost of education allowance in 2011; the estimated savings made as a result of the cuts to the allowance for 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39565/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The projected number of persons in receipt of the cost of education allowance in 2011 is 23,440. The 2012 estimated savings from the reduction in the cost of education allowance from €500 to €300, announced in the Budget 2012, is €5.4 million.