Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I understand exactly what the Department does. Is there a cross-departmental link so there is consistency of interpretation? A person is independent at 24. However, because a person lives at home, even though he or she qualifies for everything and the system wants to get people back to work and educate them, because a person happened to be living at home the previous October as a dependant, he or she will be refused supports administered by SUSI, yet if a person is not on the back-to-education scheme, he or she is independent.