Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins is encouraging Limerick students who will attend third level education for the forthcoming academic year to investigate whether they are eligible for the academic grant before the August 29th deadline.

Deputy Niall Collins

The Government has recently announced a widening of the income limits for eligibility, ensuring more students will be able to qualify for the grant.

Under the new rules the top income limit for qualifying for the grant (where there are less than four children) has increased from €48,335 to €49,690.

This will ensure that over 56,000 students from households with moderate incomes will not have to pay the student service charge. 

Additionally the income threshold for the full maintenance grant has increased from €18,055 to €20,147 to ensure families on the lowest incomes continue to qualify for the maximum grant rates. 

“I would encourage every third level student in Limerick, and their parents, to look into whether they are eligible for the third level grant. A huge number of families every year miss out on some payments simply because they have not applied in time and I would hate to see any Limerick families not receive payments they were due,” Deputy Collins said.

“There has also been a change in the way the grant payments are reviewed. From now on changes to the level of payments to be provided will be decided as part of the national Budget process, which makes sound financial sense really. If anyone has any questions about applying for the grant or needs any further information on the scheme I would

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