Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 April 2015
182. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify if the three year residence requirement for student grant assessments for Irish citizens begins immediately before the course begins or in the January of the year preceding the course. [17102/15]
View answerSection 14 of the Student Support Act 2011 provides that the 3 out of 5 years residency requirement is satisfied on the day before the "relevant date". The Act defines "relevant date" as the date on which a year of study commences on an approved course.
Therefore, the required period of residency must be satisfied on the day before the first day of an approved course year.
