Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

As indicated on Committee Stage, it is not proposed to accept this amendment. This provision gives guidance on the issues that may be taken into account in drawing up a scheme of grants. It does not require that other awards be taken into account in means testing for a grant, for example, the back-to-education allowance is currently taken into account while institutional scholarships are not.

The detail of the treatment of other awards or funding will be dealt with in the scheme of grants to be drawn up in the regulations.

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