Special Rate Grant - Quick Question

AppleBottle

Applicants must have qualified for the standard maintenance grant for the academic year 2012-2013 and total reckonable income in the tax year January to December 2011 must not be more than €22,703, net of Qualified Child Increases and standard exclusions.

Does this mean that if the parents (student dependent on parent) income was €25,000 for the year 2011 but part was say one parent welfare and the other was a part time job of like 15 hours a week or something like that would the one parent allowance that was received for the year 2011 be taken off the €25,000? Say if the one parent was €10,000, the actual reckonable income is only €15,000 and therefore the student would quality for the special rate grant?

Or is the €22,703 ALL income including the part time job and one parent allowance that was received?

Annasopra

My understanding from the paragraph below is that social welfare income under any of the headings below is not counted

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

AppleBottle

Many thanks! I have the same understanding also. I came across a paragraph similar to that yesterday but just wasn't 100%.