Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for back to education allowance in the case of a person (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40554/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As part of the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) process, each participant is issued with a form at the end of the academic year, this is to confirm the finish date of their course and to determine a participant’s intentions for the future academic year. This form issued to the person concerned in April 2017 and was due to be returned before the end of May. To date, no form has been received by the Intreo Centre and it is therefore unable to establish whether or not the person concerned is eligible for a jobseekers payment, an essential qualifying criteria for BTEA. If the person concerned submits the necessary documentation to their local office a decision can then be made on their application.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.