Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a grant. [5149/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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My Department understands that the candidate in question applied to his grant awarding authority on 27 August 2010 to be assessed for a student grant. My Department also understands that the candidate did not provide the necessary supporting documentation outlined in the student grant schemes relative to his circumstances and that the grant awarding authority has written to him since requesting this.

The Deputy will appreciate that as my Department has a role to play in the student grant appeal process, it cannot become involved with student grants at the assessment of eligibility stage. In the circumstances, my Department's advice to the candidate would be to make arrangements to provide his grant awarding authority with the documentation needed as soon as possible or to make contact with his grant awarding authority if he has any difficulty sourcing this documentation so that a decision can be taken on how to proceed with his application.