PQ 1120
1120. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider reforming the student grant scheme to allow students receiving the one-parent family payment or other core means-tested social welfare payments to be assessed for maintenance grants on their own means, without reference to parental income, subject to existing rules on overlapping education supports. [74205/26]
Introduced
20 October 2026
Last action
20 October 2026 · Grant Payments
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written
Sponsors
John Paul O'Shea
Subjects
Education
Source updated
20 October 2026
Summary
1120. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider reforming the student grant scheme to allow students receiving the one-parent family payment or other core means-tested social welfare payments to be assessed for maintenance grants on their own means, without reference to parental income, subject to existing rules on overlapping education supports. [74205/26]
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20 October 2026
Grant Payments
1120. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider reforming the student grant scheme to allow students receiving the one-parent family payment or other core means-tested social welfare payments to be assessed for maintenance grants on their own means, without reference to parental income, subject to existing rules on overlapping education supports. [74205/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-10-20/1120/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2026-10-20/pq_1120
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