John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide assurances that students on particularly low incomes will continue to receive a top-up in the special rate of the higher education grant that students from disadvantaged backgrounds will receive higher grants of €2,445 at the adjacent rate, or €6,100 at the non-adjacent rate; and if he will safeguard this payment for single parents. [22145/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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There are no changes to the qualifying criteria for the top-up in the special rate of grant for students applying under the 2011 student grant scheme. Students, including single parents, satisfying the criteria will be eligible for the top-up payment.The conditions are: 1. Student must qualify for the ordinary rate of grant. 2. Total reckonable income must not exceed €22,703. 3. On the 31st December 2010, the reckonable income must include an eligible long-term payment prescribed under the scheme. The grant rates quoted by the Deputy are correct.