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Regional Reporter
The Minister for Social Protection has confirmed to RTÉ News that Mayo student Catherine Gallagher will not lose her disability allowance as a result of winning a PhD scholarship.
Heather Humphreys said she will sign regulations this week that will ensure that these awards will no longer be assessed as income in the Disability Allowance means test.
Ms Gallagher began a campaign to raise awareness of her plight and called on various Government departments to remove what she describes as this barrier to education by forcing her to turn down the scholarship in order to hold onto her allowances.