I got to thinking about how unfashionable some things might become when listening to the fees debate on the radio.
assessing students for fees based on their parents incomes is illegal and so will never be reintroduced - for same reasons as assessing children for fees for old folks homes. Government has aleady been very badly burnt on this issue and is fully aware of the legal situation.
Is this true? Maintenance Grants for third-level students are still assessed based on their parents incomes
but is a child not considered a dependant as long as they are in third level education?
The answer is in your comment, they are no longer a "child" once they reach 18. The age of majority in Ireland is 18 full stop. Where is the Law which states that a parent must pay their childs third level education costs? Doesnt exist. You cant have the assessment law without the legal obligation to pay law. Consider the situation whereby a child does not get a grant based on parents income and the parents thru estrangement, principal or some other reason simply dont support the students costs.
The family law issue does not involve benefits received from the State and so the legal argument is not the same?
Perhaps this should be moved to its own thread?
The answer is in your comment, they are no longer a "child" once they reach 18.
"the donee or successor is on that day the child, or minor child of a deceased child, of the disponer,..."
Not correct. Legislation often refers to "child" as meaning the son or daughter of an individual regardless of their own age, for example here in the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003:
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