Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if entitlement to child benefit continues to exist after 3 January 2014 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55048/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Child Benefit is paid up to and including the month of a child’s 16^th birthday and continues to the month of the 18^th birthday provided the child is in full-time education. In order for payment to continue after the age of sixteen, it is necessary for the school to certify that the child is in full-time education and will be until the age of eighteen.

In the case of the person concerned, a completed application form was received and child benefit was awarded to January 2014, the month of the 18^th birthday. Child benefit is not paid after the month of the 18^th birthday even if the child remains in full-time education.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to child benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55049/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Child Benefit is paid up to and including the month of a child’s 16^th birthday and continues to the month of the 18^th birthday provided the child is in full-time education. In order for payment to continue after the age of sixteen, it is necessary for the school to certify that the child is in full-time education and will be until the age of eighteen.

In the case of the person concerned, a completed application form was received and child benefit was awarded to June 2012, the month of the 18^th birthday, is respect of her daughter. Child benefit is not paid after the month of the 18^th birthday even if the child remains in full-time education.

Child benefit was paid to March 2013, the month of the 16^th birthday, in respect of her son. An application form has been issued to the person concerned and should be completed if the child is in full-time education. Arrears will be paid from April 2013 and will continue to March 2015, the month of the 18^th birthday, if the child remains in full-time education.