Written answers

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Department of Social Protection

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if students availing of the back to education allowance are permitted to work during the summer period when not in college; if, by doing so, they will lose their entitlement to the allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11260/16]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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All back to education allowance (BTEA) recipients must re-establish their entitlement to an underlying qualifying payment at the beginning of each academic year in order for BTEA to be approved. Earnings from employment during the summer will not impact on the BTEA payment amount if the employment has ceased before recommencing BTEA. Confirmation that the employment has ceased (in the form of a Revenue cessation certificate - form P45) must be provided to the Department before the commencement of the new academic year.

BTEA participants who are in employment during the academic year will be assessed in accordance with the conditions of their underlying primary payment.

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