Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the income limits applied by his Department for eligibility for higher education grants in 2008/09; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only a 3.5% increase on the limits in the 2007/08 income eligibility criteria, which is inadequate in view of the inflation figures for the said period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20489/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The income limits for the 2008/09 academic year are currently being examined. It has been my Department's practice in recent years to increase the reckonable income limits under the maintenance grant schemes in line with movements in the average industrial wage in the previous year. In 2007/08 the income limits were increased by 3.5% on that basis.