Employment Support Services
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-10
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I do not recall seeing that email or a letter. I usually get sight of any replies that issue to Deputies so I will definitely ask my staff to pull that down and we will send the Deputy a proper reply as soon as we can.
I do not know personally whether there was prior engagement, so I do not want to say to the Deputy now that there was or was not. However, I will check it out and let him know. With regard to the back to education allowance and the back to enterprise allowance, these are really good schemes that allow people to retain their social welfare payment while going back to education or setting up their own business. Obviously, the terms and conditions around that are a matter for the Minister, Deputy Humphreys.

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Sitting date: 2020-11-10