Written Answers - Higher Education Grants Tuesday, 24 April 2012

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  269.  Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív      asked the Minister for Education and Skills      the income limits he has set under the new scholarship scheme for post graduate education that he announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20319/12]

Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn):    There will be a new income threshold to qualify for the €2,000 contribution towards the cost of postgraduate fees which will be lower than the standard grant threshold. This is currently being determined in the context of the formulation of the student grant scheme for the 2012/13 academic year.

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