Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I understand that. My time is running out, but I will allow myself a little bit of leeway. I want to speak about one of the issues the USI has raised. It arises when students have part-time jobs and, in particular, when they go away for the summer. In any earning situation, it is very difficult to limit yourself to a certain threshold. If I take a given number of shifts over three months, it is very difficult to predict in advance whether that will trigger a loss of eligibility for a particular grant. This question is particularly for the people from SUSI. How are we dealing with this issue? I would hate to think that, as was outlined to us in the earlier session, somebody could decide in good faith to knuckle down for the summer and make a few bob to take him or her however far it can into the academic year only to go over the top of that threshold by dint of that hard work. How can we counteract that? Is it matter of information or applying a certain amount of flexibility? How can we tackle that issue?