This amendment scheme changes the Student Grant Scheme 2025, including the student contribution element and postgraduate fee contribution, and says it may be cited by its short title.
S.I. No. 604/2025 - Student Grant (Amendment) Scheme 2025 Download PDF Ãoslódáil PDF Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 16 th December, 2025. section 16 of the Student Support Act 2011 S.I. No. 451 of 2020 ), and the Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 243 of 2025 )), with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, hereby make the following scheme of grants:- 1. This Scheme may be cited as the Student Grant (Amendment) Scheme 2025. 2. In this Scheme “Principal Scheme” means the Student Grant Scheme 2025 ( S.I. No. 70 of 2025 ). 3. Schedule 4 of the Principal Scheme is amended by substituting for Table 2, Table 3 and Table 4 the following: “Table 2 Student Contribution Element Full (100%) grant in respect of the student contribution charge Part (50%) grant in respect of the student contribution charge Part €500 grant in respect of the student contribution charge Table 3 Field Trip Element [Calculation of value available towards compulsory costs] A student or tuition student who would have qualified for 100% tuition fee element of a fee grant but for the Free Fees Schemes and was awarded a grant towards the student contribution charge. Maximum Fee Limit: the tuition fee claimed from the State by the institution under the Free Fees Schemes: Student Contribution maximum amount if any available towards field trip element Student or tuition student who qualifies for 100% undergraduate tuition fees or postgraduate tuition fees under the scheme of grants. Max Fee Limit Amount: EU rate of fee applicable to the course/invoiced to the student: the maximum amount if any available towards field trip element Table 4 Postgraduate Grants In respect of the following courses Maximum fee limit for grant in respect of tuition fees Postgraduate Fee Contribution Approved postgraduate courses provided in the State or Northern Ireland. 4. This Scheme shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 6 of March 2025. The Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation consents to the making of the foregoing Scheme. GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, 8 December, 2025. JACK CHAMBERS, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation. GIVEN under my Official Seal, 10 December, 2025. JAMES LAWLESS, EXPLANATORY NOTE This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation. The purpose of this Scheme is to amend the Student Grant Scheme 2025 to provide for changes to the rate of the Student Contribution Element and Postgraduate Fee Contribution.