Michael Healy-Rae
Question:271. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/14]
View answerTuesday, 25 February 2014
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Calculation of reckonable income is set out in Article 22(3) of the Student Grant Scheme 2013. The income considered by a grant awarding authority is income from all sources, whether it arises in the State or not, including:
- Income from employment (including benefit in kind and directorships)
- Social welfare payments (with certain exclusions - see below)
- Payments from other government departments or state agencies
- Self-employment or farming
- Rental and other income from land and property
- Income from pensions other than the social welfare state pension
- Income from savings, deposit accounts and investments
- Income from maintenance arrangements
- Lump sum payments from retirement and redundancy
- Income from the disposal of assets or rights
- Gifts and inheritances
- Income from other sources In the case of a student whose parents are divorced, legally separated or it is established to the satisfaction of the awarding authority that they are separated, the reckonable income shall be that of the applicant and the parent with whom the applicant resides.
Section 21(6) of the Student Support Act 2011 provides that:
"(6) A person (including an awarding authority) aggrieved by a determination of the Appeals Board, may appeal, with the leave of the Appeals Board, or where the Appeals Board refuses such leave, with the leave of the High Court, to the High Court against the determination on a specified point of law."