Pearse Doherty
Question:86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider amending the student grant provisions to allow social welfare payments such as illness benefit or supplementary welfare to be recognised as one of the payments required to satisfy the criteria for the special rate of maintenance in circumstances where the income is beneath the required threshold; his views on whether such a provision would be within the spirit of the special rate of maintenance to provide additional support to those students from disadvantaged backgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3441/14]
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