Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has consulted with the Department of Social Protection on the number of students who will no longer qualify for Student Universal Support Ireland payments, due to changes in the one-parent family payment; the number of persons that will be affected by same; and her plans to address this matter. [11391/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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My Department is in consultation with the Department of Social Protection in the context of the review of the Student Grant Scheme for the 2015/16 academic year. As part of that process my Department is consulting on the reform of the One-Parent Family Payment, by the Department of Social Protection, to limit the impact for grant applicants who may be affected by this change. This process is still ongoing.