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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Revocations and transitional provisions

  3. PART II ELIGIBILITY

    1. 4.Eligible students

    2. 5.Designated courses

    3. 6.Applications for financial support

    4. 7.Transfers of eligibility

    5. 8.Termination of eligibility

    6. 9.Information

  4. PART III GRANTS FOR FEES

    1. 10.Eligibility for grants for fees

    2. 11.Maximum amounts of grants

  5. PART IV GRANTS FOR LIVING COSTS

    1. 12.Eligibility for grants for living costs

    2. 13.Bursaries for low-income students

    3. 14.Grants for disabled students' living costs

    4. 15.Grants for students who have left care

    5. 16.Grants for dependants

    6. 17.Grants for dependants – childcare costs

    7. 18.Grants for travel

  6. PART V LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS

    1. 19.Eligibility for loans for living costs

    2. 20.Maximum amounts of loans

    3. 21.Applications for loans

    4. 22.Hardship loans

  7. PART VI FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT

    1. 23.Calculation of contribution

    2. 24.Application of contribution

  8. PART VII PAYMENTS

    1. 25.Payment of grant for fees

    2. 26.Payment of grants and loans for living costs

    3. 27.Overpayments

  9. PART VIII SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES

    1. 28.Eligible part-time students

    2. 29.Designated part-time courses

    3. 30.Eligibility for loans for part-time courses

    4. 31.Amount of loan

    5. 32.Applications for support

    6. 33.Grants for disabled part-time students' living costs

    7. 34.Transfers of eligibility

    8. 35.Conversion of eligibility

    9. 36.Termination of eligibility

    10. 37.Payment of support

    11. 38.Overpayments

  10. PART IX INTEREST AND INSOLVENCY

    1. 39.Interest

    2. 40.Insolvency

  11. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      ELIGIBLE STUDENTS

      1. 1.A person who on the first day of the first...

      2. 2.A person who is a refugee, ordinarily resident in the...

      3. 3.A person who – (a) (i) has been informed by...

      4. 4.A person who is an EEA migrant worker who –...

      5. 5.A person who is the spouse of an EEA migrant...

      6. 6.(1) A person who is the child of an EEA...

      7. 7.A person who on the first day of the first...

      8. 8.The residence conditions referred to above are that –

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      DESIGNATED COURSES

      1. 1.A first degree course other than a course referred to...

      2. 2.A course for the Diploma of Higher Education.

      3. 3.A course for the Higher National Diploma or Higher National...

      4. 4.A course for the initial training of teachers, including such...

      5. 5.A course for the further training of teachers or youth...

      6. 6.A course in preparation for a professional examination of a...

      7. 7.A course providing education (whether or not in preparation for...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT

      1. PART I student’s income

        1. 1.Calculation of student’s income

      2. PART II parental contribution

        1. 2.Definitions and construction of Part II

        2. 3.Application of Part II

        3. 4.Parental contribution

        4. 5.Gross income

        5. 6.Deductions

      3. PART III spouse’s contribution

        1. 7.Application of Part III

        2. 8.Spouse’s contribution

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

  13. Explanatory Note