Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2017
158. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant to €4,025 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, respectively. [30801/17]
View answer159. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant to €2,215 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, respectively. [30802/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together.
Based on data for the 2015/16 grant scheme, the estimated cost of increasing the 100% maintenance grants by €1,000 would be €26.7m for adjacent students and €29.2m for non-adjacent students.
Extending the 100% maintenance grants to postgraduate students and increasing the current values by €1,000, is estimated to cost €2.6m for adjacent students and €5.1m for non-adjacent students.
