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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 15 Oct 1996

Vol. 470 No. 1

Written Answers. - Student Grant Status.

Ned O'Keeffe

Ceist:

203 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education if she will have arrangements made for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to have his student status changed from independent mature student to dependent student and thus allow him receive the total grant. [18259/96]

A dependent mature student means a mature student who is resident at home with her/his parents or guardians from 1 October of the year prior to entering college.

The student in question applied for and was awarded a higher education grant on the basis that he fulfilled the criteria to be assessed as an independent mature student, which in effect means he was not living at home with his parents from 1 October 1995. On that basis the question of a change of status does not arise.

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