Austin Deasy
Question:27 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if he will ensure that students intending to take up third level education whose families are dependent on social welfare payments are not prevented from doing so because they do not meet with the criteria for the existing schemes of grant aid; and if he will have examinations made into the matter in conjunction with the Department of Education and Science with reference to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [20344/97]