Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent)
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72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review means assessments for higher education grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42149/13]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give an assurance to self-employed and farming families that he has no plans to include working assets in calculation of a family's means for qualifying for a third level student maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42230/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 and 78 together.

The Deputies will be aware that, following agreement in principle by the Government to broaden the current means testing arrangements for student grants by way of inclusion of the value of capital assets, I set up a dedicated implementation group to bring forward detailed proposals. I have received a draft report from the implementation group. This is currently under consideration and I will be consulting further with my cabinet colleagues.