Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding, if any, is available as bursaries or to support music students studying overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51542/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Support for the development of Ireland’s artistic talent, including in the field of music, is primarily a matter for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, to whom I understand the Deputy has tabled an identical question. My Department does not administer any funding or bursary schemes to support music students studying overseas.

I would add that the Ireland-United States Commission for Educational Exchange (the Fulbright Commission), which receives financial support from the Government of Ireland through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from the United States Government, provides grants for Irish citizens and EU citizens who have been resident in Ireland for three or more years to research, study or lecture in the United States on an annual basis. Details of the Fulbright awards are available on the Commission’s website at . Fulbright awards are open to applicants from all fields and disciplines, with the exception of clinical medical studies.