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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 assistance for part-time courses

    1. 28.Eligible part-time students

    2. 29.Designated part-time courses

    3. 30.Assistance for part-time courses

    4. 31.Grants for disabled part-time students' living costs

    5. 32.Applications for assistance

    6. 33.Transfer of eligibility

    7. 34.Conversion of eligibility

    8. 35.Termination of eligibility

    9. 36.Payment of assistance to eligible part-time students

    10. 37.Payment of grant for fees

    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 and 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 –

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

    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. 1.Definitions in Schedule 3

      2. 2.Application of this Schedule to an eligible student

      3. 3.Calculation of eligible student’s residual income

      4. 4.Calculation of parent’s residual income

      5. 5.Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income

      6. 6.Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income

      7. 7.Calculation of household income

      8. 8.Calculation of contribution

      9. 9.Split contributions

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

  13. Explanatory Note