Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 876: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the third level grant application of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14984/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under the terms of the higher education grants scheme, a student is not eligible for grant assistance in respect of a second period of study at the same level, irrespective of whether a grant was paid previously. The scheme also provides that grants may not be paid to candidates who already hold a postgraduate qualification and are pursuing a second postgraduate qualification. Notwithstanding this condition, candidates who already hold a postgraduate qualification and are progressing to a further postgraduate course at a higher level, which represents progression from the level at which the previous postgraduate qualification(s) was attained, may be deemed eligible for grant aid, subject to a limit of a maximum of four years at postgraduate level.

As the case cited by the Deputy does not involve progression at postgraduate level, the student in question would not be eligible for grant assistance, under the terms of the grants scheme.