Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who started teaching on an off-shore island this year is entitled to the Island Allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43577/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Island allowance, in common with the Gaeltacht and teaching through Irish allowances, is not payable to new beneficiaries as of 1 February 2012 on foot of the recent review of allowances across the public sector.