Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 940: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is financial assistance available from her Department to a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has been awarded a golfing scholarship to an American university; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15175/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Third Level Student Support Schemes, administered by the Local Authorities and Vocational Education Committees, on behalf of my Department does not extend to undergraduate study outside of the EU or postgraduate study outside of the island of Ireland. Any extension of the current arrangements to provide for students pursuing undergraduate study outside of the EU or postgraduate courses outside of the island of Ireland could only be considered in the light of available resources and other competing demands within the education section.

However, Section 473A, Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997, provides for tax relief, at the standard rate of tax, for tuition fees paid in respect of approved courses at approved colleges of higher education including certain approved undergraduate and postgraduate courses in E.U. Member States and in non EU countries. Further details and application forms (I.T. 31 Form) to claim tax relief on tuition fees are available from the Revenue Commissioners Offices.