27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that will have their higher education grants approved at €1,250 rather than €3,120 because of changes to the non-adjacent rate; if he has analysed the socio-economic and or income of the groups most affected; if he is prepared to condone students from low-income or one parent families leaving third level education because of their inability to afford the course or childcare costs; if there has been any analysis into the consequential increase in jobseeker’s allowance for students who can no longer afford third level education; if he is conscious of the likelihood of a return to the days when only the wealthy could afford third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19153/11]

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27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that will have their higher education grants approved at €1,250 rather than €3,120 because of changes to the non-adjacent rate; if he has analysed the socio-economic and or income of the groups most affected; if he is prepared to condone students from low-income or one parent families leaving third level education because of their inability to afford the course or childcare costs; if there has been any analysis into the consequential increase in jobseeker’s allowance for students who can no longer afford third level education; if he is conscious of the likelihood of a return to the days when only the wealthy could afford third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19153/11]

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