Written answers
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Department of Education and Science
Higher Education Grants
8:00 pm
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in County Donegal who were eligible for the student maintenance grant in 2008. [3290/10]
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students on a county basis who were eligible for the student maintenance grant in 2008. [3291/10]
Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 601 and 602 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out below, on a county basis, and has been supplied to my Department by the local authorities and the Vocational Education Committees.
Students in Receipt of Maintenance Grant for 2008/09 Academic Year on County by County Basis
| County | Number of Students |
| Carlow | 815 |
| Cavan | 985 |
| Clare | 1,596 |
| Cork | 4,982 |
| Donegal | 1,967 |
| Dublin | 8,404 |
| Galway | 3,390 |
| Kerry | 2,306 |
| Kildare | 1,534 |
| Kilkenny | 1,354 |
| Laois | 848 |
| Leitrim | 524 |
| Limerick | 2,205 |
| Longford | 542 |
| Louth | 1,170 |
| Mayo | 2,221 |
| Meath | 1,280 |
| Monaghan | 976 |
| Offaly | 818 |
| Roscommon | 981 |
| Sligo | 958 |
| Tipperary | 1,804 |
| Waterford | 1,281 |
| Westmeath | 899 |
| Wexford | 1,587 |
| Wicklow | 953 |
| TLT Scheme * | 10,881 |
| Total | 57,261 |
* Breakdown on a county basis not available for students in receipt of the TLT Maintenance Grant as students are paid by the Institutes of Technology directly
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