Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2017
160. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant to €4,025 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, respectively. [30803/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra161. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of extending the adjacent maintenance grant to €2,215 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, respectively. [30804/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Deputy will be aware that the student grant scheme is not currently available to part-time students. As such, it is difficult to provide costings for this cohort of students.
However, based on enrolment data for part-time students provided by the Higher Education Authority (HEA), the estimated cost of increasing the current value of the 100% adjacent and non-adjacent grants by €1,000 and extending them to part-time undergraduate students, would be in the region of €19m and €20.6m per year respectively.
The estimated cost of increasing the current value of the 100% adjacent and non-adjacent grants by €1,000 and extending them to part-time postgraduate students, would be in the region of €3.5m and €3.8m respectively.
