Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14326/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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While the student grant schemes do not extend to postgraduate study outside Ireland, Section 473A, Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997, as amended by Section 11 of the Finance Act 2011, 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 EU Member States and in non-EU countries. The student in question will be able to obtain details on how to claim this relief on the Revenue Commissioners' website at www.revenue.ie.