Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the information requested in parliamentary questions on 14 February 2006 and 5 April 2006, that is, the socio-economic background, supplied in tabular form of recipients of third level grants for the academic years 2002 to 2003, 2003 to 2004 and 2004 to 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19593/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Information provided to date to the Student Support Unit of my Department regarding the socio-economic background of third level grant recipients is being verified at present with the Awarding Authorities. I expect to be able to provide the information, in so far as it is available, to the Deputy in the near future.

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under my Departments four maintenance grants Schemes, in order for a student to be assessed as an independent mature candidate, the candidate must provide the relevant Local Authority/VEC with adequate proof of independent residence from 1st October of the year preceding entry to an approved course.

Officials in my Department have been in contact with the assessing authority in this case, concerning the student referred to by the Deputy and have been advised that a "Statutory Declaration" was provided by the student stating the addresses at which the student resided in recent years. The declaration does not prove, to the satisfaction of the City Council, independent residence from the parents as both the student's address and that of the parents appear to be the same.