Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a higher education grant application will be pursued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1942/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The higher education grants scheme operates under the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Acts 1968 to 1992. Under the terms of the higher education grants scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those which relate to nationality, residency, means and previous academic attainment. The process of assessing eligibility for third level or further education grants is a matter for the relevant local authority or vocational educational committee.

Officials of my Department contacted the higher education grants section of Cork County Council concerning the candidate referred to by the Deputy. It is understood that following an assessment of the documentation received in support of the application concerned, it was established that the grant application was not proper to that body. The application was recently forwarded to the higher education grants section of Dublin City Council which is the appropriate assessment body in this case. Officials in my Department have established that Dublin City Council is currently assessing the candidate's application.