Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if further financial assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) living in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26944/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In addition to the Maintenance Grant Schemes, funding is also available to students from the Millennium Partnership Fund. The Fund supports retention and participation among under-represented groups of students in further and higher education and is available to students in area partnerships and community groups which participate in the Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP). Application for Millennium funding is made annually by organisations through Pobal (formally Area Development Management).

The student referred to by the Deputy may contact his Local Area Partnership Company which in his case is Drogheda Partnership Company, Workspace Centre, Mayoralty Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth telephone No. (041) 9842088 for further information and assistance.