Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with grant assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44715/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the terms of my Department's Higher Education Grants Scheme, maintenance grants are not payable to candidates who already hold an undergraduate degree and are pursuing a second undergraduate degree. Similarly tuition fees, under the Free Fees Initiative, are not payable in respect of a second period of college attendance on a course at the same level. These restrictions apply to every student who already holds a qualification at the same level, irrespective of where that qualification was obtained or whether or not funding was previously awarded. Clause 7.6 of the Higher Education Grant Scheme refers.