Ned O'Keeffe
Question:74 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not entitled to a higher education grant. [11060/97]
Written Answers. - Higher Education Grants.
Under the terms of the third level student support schemes, 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.
The student's fees are being met under the free fees initiative and the local authority has awarded her a grant of £150 in respect of the charge for students services, registration and examinations.