176. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on amending the criteria for eligibility for the back to education allowance to make eligible persons who have been out of work for a cumulative period of 180 days over the previous three years, as a means of removing an incentive for persons to stay on jobseeker's allowance and also to encourage more persons who are out of work to retrain and reskill to meet the needs of the modern economy. [37104/14]

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176. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on amending the criteria for eligibility for the back to education allowance to make eligible persons who have been out of work for a cumulative period of 180 days over the previous three years, as a means of removing an incentive for persons to stay on jobseeker's allowance and also to encourage more persons who are out of work to retrain and reskill to meet the needs of the modern economy. [37104/14]

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