Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision to refuse back to education allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [40467/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The decision to refuse an application for the back to education allowance from the person concerned has been reviewed. The decision has been upheld on the grounds that he was not in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment for a specified period of time . For third level courses the specified period is 234 paid days.