Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused the top-up grant. [43518/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Officials of my Department contacted the Higher Education Grants Section of Mayo County Council concerning the candidate referred to by the Deputy. Mayo County Council confirmed that the candidate was not eligible for the Top-Up grant as the reckonable income exceeded the prescribed limit for the academic year 2006-07, which is €16,748. I regret that it is not possible to award the top-up grant where reckonable income exceeds the prescribed limits, irrespective of the particular circumstances.