Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an Eamon Ceannt Scholarship will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [23477/04]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In commemoration of each of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation of Independence, seven third level scholarships are awarded annually, in accordance with the terms of the scheme, based on the leaving certificate examination.

The scholarship holder will be paid the maintenance element of the scholarship in three equal instalments, as early as possible in each term. Each instalment of the scholarship can be collected from the grants-bursar's office of the college.

Prior to payment of the first maintenance instalment, the student service charge or, where appropriate, the lecture fee, the college is required to confirm to my Department that the student has been accepted on an approved course and registration has been completed.

The student support unit of my Department has not yet received official confirmation of registration from the college in respect of the student referred to by the Deputy. My Department has contacted the college in question requesting an early return of the relevant documentation. Payment for the first instalment of the scholarship will issue on receipt of same.