Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to exclude students' part-time earnings in the assessment of means for the higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54120/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The assessment of means under my Department's student grant scheme is based on gross income from all sources, with certain social welfare and health service executive payments excluded.

In the assessment of means, a deduction of up to €4,500 may be applied to student earnings outside of term time but within the reference period.