Vol. 490 No. 5
292 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science the distance his Department has determined to be between a house of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 and Tallaght Regional Technical College bearing in mind that she is dependent on public transport. [10395/98]
Under the student support schemes, maintenance grants are payable at either adjacent or non-adjacent rates. The adjacent rate of maintenance grant is payable where the grant-holder's normal residence is 15 miles or less from the college which he or she is attending. The non-adjacent rate of maintenance grant is payable in all other cases. Prior to 1995, students who were residing more than 15 miles from college and who could reasonably be expected to travel to college from home each day having regard to the journey and available public transport, were only entitled to the adjacent rate of maintenance grant. The schemes of third level student support, since 1995, provide that the non-adjacent rate would be payable in all circumstances where the student resides more than 15 miles from college.
