Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
Question:650. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a decrease grant in adjacency rates from 45km to 24km. [34672/19]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2019
650. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a decrease grant in adjacency rates from 45km to 24km. [34672/19]
View answerThe cost of reversing the change to the distance criteria for the student grant is estimated to be in the region of €26m.
The above costing assumes that a change to the distance criterion would result in a similar percentage of students qualifying for the higher non-adjacent grant support, as existed pre Budget 2011.