Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making supplementary welfare allowance available to those who are awaiting their student grants. [52188/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Apart from a number of excluded categories, anyone in the State who satisfies a habitual residency condition and a means test, has applied for any other benefit or allowances s/he may be entitled to, has registered for employment, unless they have a physical or mental disability, and can prove unemployment may qualify for a weekly payment of supplementary welfare allowance (SWA).

With the exception of those participating in approved education schemes, such as back to education allowance, people who are in full-time education are not eligible for assistance under the terms of the SWA scheme.