“An increase in the earned income disregard for the student grant is urgently needed to support employment in the hospitality sector ahead of the busy summer period, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator John Cummins is working with the Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris, asking him to examine the possibility of extending the earned income disregard for students who undertake employment during the summer period …” (more)
[Fine Gael, 30 May]