Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for back to education allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has not received any funding assistance in the past and who is commencing a third level course this coming academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39678/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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To qualify for the back to education allowance, a person must attend a full time course of education which will lead to a higher qualification on the National Framework of Qualifications than that already held. As the person concerned is already the holder of a level 8 degree and had applied to partake in another level 8 degree course his application for the back to education allowance was disallowed.