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Higher Education Grants.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 January 2010

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Ceisteanna (509, 510)

Arthur Morgan

Ceist:

601 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in County Donegal who were eligible for the student maintenance grant in 2008. [3290/10]

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Arthur Morgan

Ceist:

602 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students on a county basis who were eligible for the student maintenance grant in 2008. [3291/10]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 601 and 602 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out below, on a county basis, and has been supplied to my Department by the local authorities and the Vocational Education Committees.

Students in Receipt of Maintenance Grant for 2008/09 Academic Year on County by County Basis

County

Number of Students

Carlow

815

Cavan

985

Clare

1,596

Cork

4,982

Donegal

1,967

Dublin

8,404

Galway

3,390

Kerry

2,306

Kildare

1,534

Kilkenny

1,354

Laois

848

Leitrim

524

Limerick

2,205

Longford

542

Louth

1,170

Mayo

2,221

Meath

1,280

Monaghan

976

Offaly

818

Roscommon

981

Sligo

958

Tipperary

1,804

Waterford

1,281

Westmeath

899

Wexford

1,587

Wicklow

953

TLT Scheme *

10,881

Total

57,261

*Breakdown on a county basis not available for students in receipt of the TLT Maintenance Grant as students are paid by the Institutes of Technology directly.

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