Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if income from employment earned towards the end of 2015 by a prospective applicant under the student universal support Ireland system for the 2016-17 college year is reckonable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6016/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Assessment of means under my Department 's student grant scheme is based on gross income from all sources of the applicant and his/her parent(s)/legal guardian, where applicable, with certain social welfare and health service executive payments being exempt.

It is necessary, therefore, that information regarding all income, including that from after school/weekend employment, is accounted for when completing the grant application form. However, in the assessment of means, allowance is made for "holiday earnings" on the part of the applicant and accordingly a deduction is allowed for reasonable holiday earnings i.e. income earned by the applicant from employment outside of term time but within the reference period. The details of the maximum deduction for holiday earnings will be announced shortly when the Student Grant Scheme 2016 is available.