Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing all cuts to student grants over the past nine years. [34555/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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It is not possible to definitively calculate the cost of the various adjustments that have been made to the student support system since 2008, particularly in light of the demographic changes that have taken place.

To put it in context, in 2008/09 there were 57,261 students who benefitted from grant support at a cost of €264m, whereas in 2015/16 there were 80,622 students in receipt of grant support at a cost of €388m.