Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a student (details supplied) in County Mayo who qualified for a third level grant for their fourth and final year in third level is entitled to apply retrospectively for the three years previous that they attended college. [10457/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The decision on eligibility for third level grants is a matter for the relevant assessing authority — i.e. the local authority or VEC. These bodies do not refer individual applications to my Department except, in exceptional cases, where, for example, advice or instruction regarding a particular clause in the relevant scheme is required. The closing date for receipt of grant applications in each academic year is the end of August, for the 2007/08 academic year the closing date was the 31st August The awarding bodies, at their own discretion, may accept applications after this date and treat such applications as if they were received on time.