Student Support Act 2011
Number 4 of 2011
STUDENT SUPPORT ACT 2011
REVISED
Updated to 31 October 2024
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Student Support Act 2011. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 (41/2024), enacted 29 October 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Student Support (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 590 of 2024), made 31 October 2024, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 4 of 2011
STUDENT SUPPORT ACT 2011
REVISED
Updated to 31 October 2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
5. Laying of instruments before Houses of Oireachtas.
6. Repeals and transitional arrangements.
9. Minister may appoint awarding authority.
10. Order appointing an awarding authority.
11. Employee or fixed term employee of appointed or transferring awarding authority.
13. Agreements relating to performance of certain functions.
14A. Operation of section 14 of Act of 2011 (prescribing of certain matters).
Grants
15. Advances to awarding authorities.
17. Regulations regarding applications.
18. Application for and award of grant.
20. Appeals to appeals officers.
25. Student Grants Appeals Board.
26. Temporary appointment to Appeals Board.
Miscellaneous
28. Processing of personal data.
29. Confirmation of schemes of grants.
Acts Referred to
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2010, No. 21 |
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Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005 |
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2001, No. 19 |
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Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 |
2010, No. 24 |
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Companies Acts |
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Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 |
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2005, No. 14 |
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1997, No. 2 |
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Guardianship of Children Acts 1964 to 1997 |
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2006, No. 25 |
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Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006 |
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2005, No. 23 |
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1968, No. 24 |
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1978, No. 26 |
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1992, No. 19 |
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2001, No. 37 |
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Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004 |
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2007, No. 25 |
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Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 |
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1997, No. 20 |
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Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 |
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2003, No. 29 |
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2001, No. 45 |
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1999, No. 26 |
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Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2007 |
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1996, No. 17 |
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1992, No. 16 |
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Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 and 2001 |
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Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 |
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1997, No. 24 |
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1930, No. 29 |
Number 4 of 2011
STUDENT SUPPORT ACT 2011
REVISED
Updated to 31 October 2024
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAKING OF GRANTS IN CERTAIN CASES BY AWARDING AUTHORITIES TO ENABLE PERSONS TO ATTEND CERTAIN COURSES OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION, TO ESTABLISH AN APPEALS BOARD TO BE KNOWN AS AN BORD ACHOMHAIRC I LEITH DEONTAS MAC LÉINN OR, IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THE STUDENT GRANTS APPEALS BOARD, TO REPEAL THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS) ACTS 1968 TO 1992 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[2nd February, 2011]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and references construed (21.10.2020) by Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 451 of 2020), arts. 2, 3(1)(a), (2) and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8.
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
(2) References to the Department of Education and Skills contained in any Act or any instrument made under such Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Education and Skills -
(a) by or under the Acts specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
(2) References to the Minister for Education and Skills contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any functions transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
SCHEDULE
Article 3
Part 1
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Student Support Act 2011 (No. 4 of 2011)
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Functions transferred and references to “Department of Finance” and “Minister for Finance” construed (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 2, 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2).
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of —
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Schedule 1
Enactments
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Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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Number and Year |
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Provision |
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No. 4 of 2011 |
Student Support Act 2011 |
Sections 7(2), 8(3)(a), 9(1), 10(2)(f), 13(7)(b), 14(1)(e)(ii), 15, 16, 17 and 25(10) |
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Editorial Notes:
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Previous affecting provision: periods of residence for purposes of Free Fees Initiative provided by Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 (8/2019), s. 19, not commenced; repealed (17.12.2020) by Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (23/2020), s. 4(a), S.I. No. 634 of 2020.