asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will change present regulations to allow health boards to pay supplementary welfare allowances in respect of children aged 18 and over, who are in full time education and whose parents are in receipt of unemployment assistance.
Written Answers. - Supplementary Welfare Allowances.
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The legislation governing the supplementary welfare allowances scheme provides that supplementary welfare allowance cannot, as a general rule, be paid to persons in full time education. Assistance, is however, available, as the Deputy will be aware, under schemes of grants for students in third level education. To extend the supplementary welfare allowance scheme to cover students would have major financial implications and there are no proposals for such an extension in present circumstances.