PQ 4181
4181. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for maintaining a reckonable income threshold of €64,000 for eligibility under the student grant scheme for postgraduate (master's) students, while significantly higher income thresholds apply to undergraduate students; whether he has examined the financial impact on families supporting more than one student in higher education; whether a review of the postgraduate income threshold is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55426/26]
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4181. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for maintaining a reckonable income threshold of €64,000 for eligibility under the student grant scheme for postgraduate (master's) students, while significantly higher income thresholds apply to undergraduate students; whether he has examined the financial impact on families supporting more than one student in higher education; whether a review of the postgraduate income threshold is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55426/26]
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