Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current allocation to the student assistance fund and the scheme for students with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17776/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 allocation for the Student Assistance Fund and the Fund for Students for Disabilities is €17,422,000.

The Higher Education Authority determine how this funding is allocated between the two funds based on applications received from the Higher Education Institutions.