Vol. 476 No. 3
113 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education if she will have investigations made into an application for a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is still awaiting a decision on his application despite the fact that the academic year is almost at an end. [7105/97]
Under the terms of the higher education grants scheme, a candidate's reckonable income for the purposes of the award of a grant is the candidate's gross income from all sources and that of her or his parents or guardians, where applicable.
I understand from Cork County Council, the body statutorily entrusted with the administration of the higher education grants scheme, that the reckonable income in this case exceeds the income limit for the payment of a maintenance grant. However, the student in question has been awarded a full fees grant.
