Katherine Zappone (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is a very helpful response. I am most appreciative of that. I take it from that, first, that if they are mid-way through their education they can move automatically, as distinct from going through another assessment process.The second point that the Minister of State is saying loud and clear is that it is a matter for the Department of Education and Science and that it has amended its legislation so as not to include the maintenance grant. That may have been done before these other changes were made by the Department of Social Protection where women are going to be left midway, by 2 July, without maintenance. We need to take a look at the Department of Education and Science being aware of what has happened in the Department of Social Protection to ensure that these women are able to stay in education which I am sure that is what the Ministers in both Departments would hope for.