Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a higher educational grant adjacent or non-adjacent is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16654/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter for a student's grant awarding body. The Deputy will appreciate that, in the absence of the all of the relevant details contained in an application form, it is not possible for me to say if a candidate qualifies for a grant.

However, students who are attending undergraduate courses in an EU Member State, which appears to be what the student has in mind, can apply for a grant in respect of an approved course which is being pursued in an approved institution.

I would advise the student in question to apply to his local grant awarding body to establish his eligibility or otherwise for a grant.