Written answers

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Department of Education and Skills

Student Grant Scheme Design

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional financial cost of including a new 100% adjacent rate of maintenance grant, 45 km or under, payment rate of €1,750 for students whose assessed family income is less than €30,000 per annum under the third level student grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2516/16]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Based on the 2014/15 academic year – SUSI paid the adjacent rate of maintenance grant to 8,346 students where the reckonable income was below €30,000 and where the students did not qualify for the Special rate of maintenance grant. These students would have received a grant of €1,215.

The additional cost of increasing this figure to €1,750 would be circa €4.5m.

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