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income limit for student grant??

  • 15-01-2012 7:04pm
    #1
    Toon--soldier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭


    does anyone what the income limit is to qualify for the student grant???


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  • #2
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/education/third_level_education/fees_and_supports_for_third_level_education/maintenance_grant_schemes_for_students_on_third_level_courses.html
    last years rates - this years set to change

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #3
    phonejacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭phonejacker


    When they calculate your gross income for Social Welfare in the student grant form do they only calculate the basis rate of €188 or do they also count the money you get for the fuel allowance of €20 pw for the winter mths?


  • #4
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    phonejacker wrote: »
    When they calculate your gross income for Social Welfare in the student grant form do they only calculate the basis rate of €188 or do they also count the money you get for the fuel allowance of €20 pw for the winter mths?
    (3) In calculating reckonable income, the awarding authority shall consider
    income from all sources, whether it arises in the State or not, including income
    under the following headings—
    (a) Income from employment (including benefit in kind and directorships)
    (b) Social welfare payments
    (c) Payments from other government departments or state agencies
    (d) Self-employment or farming
    (e) Rental and other income from land and property
    (f) Income from pensions other than the social welfare state pension
    (g) Income from savings, deposit accounts and investments
    (h) Income from maintenance arrangements
    (i) Lump sum payments from retirement and redundancy
    (j) Income from the disposal of assets or rights
    (k) Gifts and inheritances
    (l) Income from other sources not mentioned above
    (4) The following payments, known for the purposes of this Scheme as “income disregards”, are not included in calculating reckonable income—
    • Child Benefit
    • Family Income Supplement
    • Disability Allowance (where paid to the applicant)
    • Blind Pension (where paid to the applicant)
    • One Parent Family Payments (Means Tested) (where paid to the
    applicant)
    • Guardian’s Payment
    • Foster Care Allowance
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
    • Carer’s Allowance
    • Student Assistance Fund
    • Student grant
    • Compensation for a personal injury

    My understanding is that the only social welfare payments not included in reckonable income are above

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #5
    phonejacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭phonejacker


    you know the income limits is that just for your parents or if the applicant worked/was get social welfare do they add that in with the income limit


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