106 Deputy John Deasy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that social welfare recipients who change from one long-term social welfare payment to another long-term social welfare payment are being prevented from obtaining a third level grant top up due to a technicality in the system, whereby a combination of time on long-term social welfare payments is unacceptable for grant purposes; if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who had to transfer from lone parent allowance to jobseeker’s allowance due to the age of their dependent and has been refused the top up allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38615/10]

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106 Deputy John Deasy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that social welfare recipients who change from one long-term social welfare payment to another long-term social welfare payment are being prevented from obtaining a third level grant top up due to a technicality in the system, whereby a combination of time on long-term social welfare payments is unacceptable for grant purposes; if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who had to transfer from lone parent allowance to jobseeker’s allowance due to the age of their dependent and has been refused the top up allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38615/10]

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