Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of linking student maintenance grants to the consumer price index, CPI. [51132/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The cost of linking student maintenance grants to the CPI would be entirely contingent on movements in the CPI.

For instance, the annual cost of paying student maintenance grants is circa €172m and therefore, a 1% movement in the CPI would cost €1.72m per annum.