Written answers

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Department of Education and Skills

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) has not qualified for a higher third level grant from Student Universal Support Ireland. [7012/16]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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To be eligible for the higher postgraduate rate of fee grant, an applicant has to be in receipt of one of the eligible payments as provided for in Schedule 2 of the Scheme and have reckonable income below €22,703.

The reckonable income of the student referred to by the Deputy included one of the eligible payments however, the total reckonable income exceeded the €22,703 limit.

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