Kathleen Funchion
Ceist:162. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing changes to the distance criterion in the student grant. [27513/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 26 June 2018
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Freagraí scríofa
The cost of reversing the change to the distance criterion from the existing 45kms to 24kms, is estimated to be in the region of €26m.
The above costing assumes that a change to the distance criterion would result in a similar percentage of students qualifying for the higher non-adjacent grant support, as existed pre Budget 2011.