214. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the regulations of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, to implement in respect of situations where a student who was applying for a third level grant receives an inheritance, and this amount is deemed to be income in one particular year and makes the person ineligible for a grant from SUSI, whereas certain Departments treat an inheritance as a capital receipt, and not as income, and in other situations such as the Department of Social Protection, it can be averaged out over three years so as not to distort a person's income based on a once-off receipt in any one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/15]

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214. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the regulations of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, to implement in respect of situations where a student who was applying for a third level grant receives an inheritance, and this amount is deemed to be income in one particular year and makes the person ineligible for a grant from SUSI, whereas certain Departments treat an inheritance as a capital receipt, and not as income, and in other situations such as the Department of Social Protection, it can be averaged out over three years so as not to distort a person's income based on a once-off receipt in any one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/15]

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