Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 April 2011
112 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the circumstances of a grant application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the large reduction in net household income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/11]
View answerMy Department understands that the candidate in question applied to his grant awarding authority for a student grant and that the income in his case exceeded the reckonable income limits for the award of a grant. Where a grant application is refused, the reason for the refusal is given by the grant awarding authority. An applicant may appeal the decision to the relevant local authority or VEC. Where the grant awarding authority decides to reject the appeal, the applicant may appeal this decision to my Department by submitting an appeal form clearly outlining the grounds for the appeal. No appeal has been received by either the grant warding authority or by my Department to date. The Deputy will appreciate that as my Department has a role to play in the appeals process it would not be appropriate to comment further on this matter other than to say that my Department will carry out a review of the candidate's application if it receives an appeal from him as part of the appeals process.
