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Student Support Schemes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 November 2020

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Questions (296)

Robert Troy

Question:

296. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the bursaries available to a student (details supplied). [35816/20]

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The main support available to students is the statutory based SUSI grant scheme. Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means.

As specified in Schedule 2 of the Student Support Regulations 2020, the following course is an approved course for student grant purposes for the 2020/21 academic year at the Honorable Society of Kings Inn:

- Barrister-at-Law Degree [1 year] [Postgraduate].

The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine.

Postgraduate students who meet all of the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant under the Student Grant Scheme are eligible for a maintenance grant of up to €5,915; the income threshold for this grant for the 2020/21 academic year is €24,500. Qualifying postgraduate students may also be eligible to have their tuition fees paid up to a maximum fee limit of €6,270.

Alternatively a postgraduate student may qualify to have a €2,000 contribution made towards the cost of his/her fees. The income threshold for this payment is €31,500 for the 2020/21 academic year, increasing relative to the number of family dependents.

Further information in relation to student grant assistance is available from SUSI’s website: www.susi.ie. The telephone number for SUSI’s Helpdesk is 0761 087 874.

The Department’s Third Level Bursary Scheme is open to students attending Kings Inn. This is a scheme of bursaries for students from DEIS schools based on Leaving Certificate examination results. Applications are not needed for these bursaries as they are awarded on a regional basis (Dublin, rest of Leinster, Munster and Connacht/Ulster) based on Leaving Certificate results.

Further information in relation to other third level Bursaries and Scholarships administered by the Department is available from: https://www.education.ie/en/Learners/Services/Scholarships/Scholarships-Bursaries.html

The student may also wish to contact Kings Inn directly to make enquiries as to whether any bursaries or student support funds operated by the college may be available.

In addition, tax relief at the standard rate of tax may be claimed in respect of tuition fees paid for approved courses at approved colleges of higher education. Further information on this tax relief is available from the student's local Tax Office or from the Revenue Commissioners website, www.revenue.ie.

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