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CLAUSE 2: Award of Grants

2.1   The Local Authority shall award grants for higher education to eligible candidates in accordance with the provisions of the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Acts, l968 to 1992 and the terms of this Scheme. Where candidates satisfy all the terms and conditions of the relevant scheme, the provisions of Section 6 of the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act, 1968, shall be deemed to be satisfied and grants may be paid to candidates without further reference to the Minister.

2.2   A candidate shall not be eligible to hold a grant under this Scheme if s/he holds:

  1. a scholarship/grant awarded by another Local Authority, a Vocational Education Committee or the Department of Education and Science, or
  2. any other award payable from public funds, or
  3. the equivalent of (i) or (ii) from another E.U. Member State

The provisions at (ii) or (iii) do not include awards such as scholarships, prizes or bursaries, made by the institution being attended or postgraduate research grants where the grant  received does not exceed a specified amount, which for the 2009/10 academic year, is specified to be €16,000.   In addition the provision at (ii) does not include awards to candidates under the Student Assistance Fund, the Millennium Partnership Fund and the Fund for Students with Disabilities.

2.3   Notwithstanding clause 2.2 above holders of the following scholarships, if eligible, may also hold a maintenance grant:-

  • Easter Week Scholarship Holders
  • Donagh O’Malley Scholarship Holders
  • All Ireland Scholarship Holders
  • Science Foundation Ireland/Dell Scholarship for Young Women in Engineering



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