949. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is acceptable or fair for adults in their early 30s who have returned to college to obtain further skills and knowledge to re-enter the workforce to be assessed for student maintenance grants as dependants if they happen to be living at their parents' address, even though they receive no financial support from their parents; and her further views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused student support on these grounds. [21543/15]

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949. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is acceptable or fair for adults in their early 30s who have returned to college to obtain further skills and knowledge to re-enter the workforce to be assessed for student maintenance grants as dependants if they happen to be living at their parents' address, even though they receive no financial support from their parents; and her further views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused student support on these grounds. [21543/15]

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