asked the Minister for Education if she will state, in view of the escalating costs to parents of maintaining students at third level education institutions, due to rising fees and the rising cost of accommodation and transport etc., and in view of the difficulties students have at present in obtaining holiday employment, whether she intends to raise the eligibility level under the Higher Education Grant Acts, 1968 and 1978, for those sitting for the leaving certificate examination in 1983; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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