S.I. No. 655/2022 - Student Grant (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 2022

1. This Scheme may be cited as the Student Grant (Amendment) (No.2) Scheme 2022.

2. This Scheme shall come into operation on 13th December 2022.

3. In this Scheme “Principal Scheme” means the Student Grant Scheme 2022 (

S.I. No.118 of 2022

).

4. Article 27 of the Principal Scheme is amended by substituting subparagraph (2) for the following

“(2) The value of the special and standard rates of maintenance grant in respect of an approved course shall be in accordance with the annual rates specified by the Minister. The rates specified for the financial year are set out in Schedules 3 and 3A.”

5. The Principal Scheme is amended by inserting the following article after Article 27 (5)

“(6). The total value of the Maintenance Grant that would otherwise be payable to an applicant under this Article and Schedule 3 in respect of the period January to May 2023 shall be increased by the total amount specified in Schedule 3A. Payment of this additional amount shall be made on a pro rata basis in respect of an applicant’s attendance on an approved course in an approved institution during this period.”

6. The Principal Scheme is amended by the insertion of the following Schedule after Schedule 3

“Schedule 3A

Additional amount of maintenance grant in respect of the period January - May 2023

Non-Adjacent Rate

Adjacent Rate

Special rate of maintenance

€ 476

€ 201

Standard rate-Full Maintenance Band 1

€ 251

€ 110

Standard rate-Part Maintenance Band 2

€ 137

€ 62

Standard rate-Part Maintenance Band 3

€ 96

€ 45

Standard rate-Part Maintenance Band 4

€ 53

€ 28

”

7. Article 37 of the Principal Scheme is amended by substituting subparagraph (2) for the following

“(2) The awarding authority, or other relevant paying authority referred to in paragraph (1), shall pay maintenance grants in nine instalments, in line with the annual rates specified in Schedule 3 and the additional amounts specified in Schedule 3A.”

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Scheme.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 December, 2022.

MICHAEL MCGRATH,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 December, 2022.

SIMON HARRIS,

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

16

th December,

2022.

I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 16

of the

Student Support Act 2011

(No. 4 of 2011), and the Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (

S.I. No 451 of 2020

), and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following scheme of grants:-