Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review will be undertaken in the application for educational grant in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35720/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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It is understood from Kildare VEC that the candidate referred to by the Deputy was not eligible for the maintenance grant as the reckonable income in this case — i.e. the combined income from the mother's employment, Department of Social and Family Affairs payment and the student's own income — exceeded the prescribed limit for the 2005 tax year set out in the grant scheme.

Kildare VEC are not aware of any refund from Department of Social and Family Affairs. If the candidate has any further information to add to the initial grant application it should be forwarded to Kildare VEC directly.