Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any grant aid assistance is available to students attending third level education whose parents' status in the State is governed by a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19766/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The decision on eligibility for a grant is a matter for a student's local grant awarding body – the relevant local authority or VEC. The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form, including those relating to nationality and/or immigration status, it would not be possible for me to say whether or not a student would qualify for a grant. However, it is the student's own nationality and his/her immigration status in the State that determines whether or not he/she meets the nationality requirements for a grant under the Student Support Act, 2011. Accordingly, the student in question is advised to apply to his/her grant awarding authority to have his/her eligibility for a grant assessed.