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S.I. No. 76/2020 - Student Grant Scheme 2020
Table of Provisions (43)
Statutory Text (43 Articles)
2. Carer’s Allowance
3. One Parent Family Payment
4. Jobseekers Allowance Transition
5. Deserted Wife’s Allowance
6. Disability Allowance
8. Jobseeker’s Allowance (where held for 391 days or more)*
9. State Pension (Non-Contributory)
10. Guardian’s Payment (Non-Contributory)
11. Pre-retirement allowance
12. Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Non-Contributory) Pension
13. Supplementary Welfare Allowance (where held for 15 consecutive calendar months)
Social Insurance Payments
14. Carer’s Benefit
15. Deserted Wife’s Benefit
16. Invalidity Pension
17. Incapacity Supplement
18. Occupational Injuries Death Benefit (Orphan’s Pension)
19. Occupational Injuries Benefit — Death Benefit (Widow or Widower’s Pension)
20. State Pension (Contributory)
21. Guardian’s Payment (Contributory)
22. Jobseeker’s Benefit*
23. Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension
24. State Pension (Transition)
Designated Programmes
25. Back to Education Allowance (Second Level and Third Level Options)
26. Back to Work Allowance (Employees)
27. Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
28. Community Employment Scheme
29. Rural Social Scheme
32. Further Education and Training (FET) Courses, including Apprenticeships
33. Part-time job incentive scheme
34. Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)
Others
35. Foster Care and Aftercare Allowances where paid in respect of the applicant
36. Independent Living Allowance for Young People in Residential Care
37. Working Family Payment / Family Income Supplement (FIS)
38. In receipt of payments under the FIT (Fastrack to IT) initiative equivalent to a social welfare payment
39. Partial Capacity Benefit where the recipient has an underlying entitlement to Invalidity Pension
40.Participants on a training course approved by a Government Department, State Agency or Area Partnership and who were in receipt of an eligible payment prior to progressing to the programme
40. Any overpayment made in respect of a grant awarded under this Scheme may be recovered by the paying awarding authority in accordance with section 24 of the Act.
Part 6
APPEALS
Appeals to appeals officers
41. Grant aided employees in Community Services Programmes (formerly social economy enterprises)
*Combined periods of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Jobseeker’s Benefit and other eligible payments for purposes of meeting the prescribed period of 391 days as determined by the Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection.
The Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection Illness Benefit or Maternity Benefit can also be used to combine periods of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Jobseeker’s Benefit provided a period of Jobseeker’s Allowance or Jobseeker’s Benefit comes directly before and directly after the period of Illness Benefit or Maternity Benefit.
Periods on the Youth Employment Scheme/JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme, can also be combined with periods on other listed eligible payments provided a period on an eligible payment comes directly before and directly after the period on the Youth Employment Scheme/ JobBridge.
SCHEDULE 3
Rates of maintenance grant for the financial year 2020
Annual Rates
Non-Adjacent Rate
Adjacent Rate
Special rate of maintenance
5,915
2,375
Standard rate—Full Maintenance (100%)
3,025
1,215
Standard rate—Part Maintenance (75%)
2,270
910
Standard rate—Part Maintenance (50%)
1,515
605
Standard rate—Part Maintenance (25%)
755
305
SCHEDULE 4
Maximum overall limits for a fee grant for the 2020/21 academic year
Undergraduate Tuition Fee Element
In respect of the following courses
Maximum fee limit Full (100%) grant in respect of tuition fees
Maximum fee limit Part (50%) grant in respect of tuition fees
Approved undergraduate courses to which the Free Fees Schemes applies.
100% of the EU rate of fee
50% of the EU rate of fee
Approved undergraduate courses provided in the State to which the Free Fees Schemes does not apply.
€6,270
€3,135
Student Contribution Element
Rate
Full (100%) grant in respect of the student contribution charge
€3,000
Part (50%) grant in respect of the student contribution charge
€1,500
Field Trip Element
[Calculation of value available towards compulsory costs]
A student or tuition student who would have qualified for 100% tuition fee element of a fee grant but for the Free Fees Schemes and was awarded a grant towards the student contribution charge.
Maximum Fee Limit
Less
the tuition fee claimed from the State by the institution under the Free Fees Schemes
Less
Student Contribution
€6,270
-€x,xxx
-€3,000
Equals
maximum mount if any available towards field trip element
€y,yyy
Student or tuition student who qualifies for 100% undergraduate tuition fees or postgraduate tuition fees under the scheme of grants.
Max Fee Limit Amount
Less
EU rate of fee applicable to the course/invoiced to the student
€6,270
-€x,xxx
Equals
the maximum amount if any available towards field trip element
€y,yyy
Postgraduate Grants
In respect of the following courses
Maximum fee limit for grant in respect of tuition fees
Postgraduate Fee Contribution
Approved postgraduate courses provided in the State or Northern Ireland.
€6,270
€2,000
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Scheme.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
12 March, 2020.
PASCHAL DONOHOE,
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
GIVEN under my hand,
12 March 2020
MARY MITCHELL O’CONNOR,
Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
This Scheme of Grant is made pursuant to powers conferred on the Minister for Education and Skills under the
Student Support Act 2011
, and delegated to the Minister of State under the Delegated Functions Order (
S.I. No 642 of 2018
).
This Scheme may be cited as the Student Grant Scheme 2020.
42. Where an applicant is aggrieved by a determination of an appeals officer under section 20(5) of the Act, he or she may, pursuant to section 21 of the Act, appeal against that determination to the Appeals Board.
SCHEDULE 1
Reckonable Income Limits for the 2020/21academic year
1.
Reckonable income limits
The period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019 is the reference period for the academic year 2020/2021.
A tuition student does not qualify for any maintenance grants. The income limits that apply to tuition students are outlined in Tables C,D,E & G of this Schedule.
PLC students
Table A
: Income limits for maintenance grants (as specified in Schedule 3)
To qualify for
Special Rate*
Standard rate Full maintenance 100%
Standard rate Part maintenance 75%
Standard rate Part maintenance 50%
Standard rate Part maintenance 25%
No. of dependent children
Less than 4
€24,500
€39,875
€40,970
€43,380
€45,790
4 to 7
€24,500
€43,810
€45,025
€47,670
€50,325
8 or more
€24,500
€47,575
€48,890
€51,760
€54,630
Additional increments that may be applied to the income limits in Table A for Maintenance Grants**
+ increment for each additional relevant person
€ 0
+ €4,830
+ €4,670
+ €4,670
+ €4,670
* To be eligible for the special rate of maintenance the reckonable income on 31 December 2019 must include an eligible payment listed in Schedule 2.
** Increments which may be added to the relevant income limits.
Undergraduate students
Table B
: Income limits for maintenance grants (as specified in Schedule 3)
To qualify for
Special Rate*
Standard rate Full maintenance 100%
Standard rate Part maintenance 75%
Standard rate Part maintenance 50%
Standard rate Part maintenance 25%
No. of dependent children
Less than 4
€24,500
€39,875
€40,970
€43,380
€45,790
4 to 7
€24,500
€43,810
€45,025
€47,670
€50,325
8 or more
€24,500
€47,575
€48,890
€51,760
€54,630
Additional increments that may be applied to the income limits in Table B for Maintenance
+ increment for each additional relevant person
€0
+ €4,830
+ €4,670
+ €4,670
+ €4,670
* To be eligible for the special rate of maintenance the reckonable income on 31 December 2019 must include an eligible payment listed in Schedule 2.
** Increments which may be added to the relevant income limits.
Any maintenance grant awarded under the income limits in Table B will also include an award for the full student contribution grant, where the student contribution is chargeable.
Table C
: Income limits for the student contribution grant (as specified in Schedule 4)
To qualify for
Student contribution 100%
Student contribution 50%
No. of dependent children
Less than 4
€49,840
€54,240
4 to 7
€54,765
€59,595
8 or more
€59,455
€64,700
Additional increments that may be applied to the income limits in Table C for Student Contribution Grants**
+ increment for each additional relevant person
+ €4,830
+ €4,830
** Increments which may be added to the relevant income limits.
Table D
: Income limits for tuition fees (as specified in Schedule 4)
To qualify for
(i) 100% tuition fees
(ii) Field trip expenses
50% tuition fees
No. of dependent children
Less than 4
€45,790
€49,840
4 to 7
€50,325
€54,765
8 or more
€54,630
€59,455
Additional increments that may be applied to the income limits in Table D for tuition fee grants**
+ increment for each additional relevant person
+€4,670
+€4,830
** Increments which may be added to the relevant income limits.
Postgraduate students
Table E
Income limits for tuition fees (as specified in Schedule 4)
To qualify for
(i) Tuition fees *
(ii) Field trip expenses
No. of dependent children
Less than 4
€24,500
4 to 7
€24,500
8 or more
€24,500
Additional increments that may be applied to the income limits in Table E for tuition fees **
+ increment for each additional relevant person
+ € 0
* To be eligible for tuition fees the conditions for the special rate of maintenance must be satisfied
** Increments which may be added to the relevant income limits
Table F
Income Limits for Postgraduate Special Rate of Maintenance Grants
To qualify for
Special Rate*
No. of dependent children
Less than 4
€24,500
4 to 7
€24,500
8 or more
€24,500
Additional increments that may be applied to the income limits in Table F for Maintenance Grants**
+ increment for each additional relevant person
+ € 0
*To be eligible for the special rate of maintenance the reckonable income on 31 December 2019 must include an eligible payment listed in Schedule 2.
** Increments which may be added to the relevant income limits
Table G
: Income limits for postgraduate fee contribution (as specified in Schedule 4)
To qualify for
Postgraduate Fee Contribution
No. of dependent children
Less than 4
€31,500
4 to 7
€34,615
8 or more
€37,580
Additional increments that may be applied to the income limits in Table G for postgraduate fee contribution**
+ increment for each additional relevant person
+ €4,980
** Increments which may be applied to the relevant income limits
In the 2020/21 academic year, where the applicant plus one or more relevant persons are attending an approved course for the purposes of this Scheme or a full-time course of at least one year’s duration in further or higher education and training in the State or any other Member State leading to a major award at Levels 5 to 10, of the framework of qualifications or to an equivalent qualification made by a recognised awarding body in the State or in another Member State, the reckonable income limits for each of the rates of grant in Tables A, B, C, D & G may be increased by an additional increment as identified.
Holiday Earnings
2.
Holiday Earnings
A deduction of up to a maximum amount of €4,500 may be applied to student earnings outside of term time but within the reference period
SCHEDULE 2
Eligible Long-term payments for the special rate of maintenance grant for the 2020/21 academic year
As at 31 December 2019, the reckonable income must include one of the eligible payments listed in this Schedule, or its equivalent from a Member State, net of—
(
a
) income disregards (as set out in article 22(4) of this Scheme);
and
(
b
) Child Dependant Increase (C.D.I.), where paid by the Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection.
Social Assistance Payments
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
17
th March,
2020.
CONTENTS
Part 1
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL