The purpose of the student's summer jobs scheme is to provide income support during the summer holiday period to third level students from less well-off families who are disqualified from receiving unemployment assistance.
Students who have completed a course of study are not eligible to participate in the scheme as such students are eligible to apply for unemployment assistance if they are unable to obtain summer work.
The person concerned completed a two year certificate course in business studies earlier this year and he was, therefore, entitled to apply for unemployment assistance if he was not able to obtain a job during the summer. He was not therefore eligible to participate in the student's summer jobs scheme.