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Is there anyone I can get a categorical answer from?

  • 06-03-2009 11:15pm
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    Iontach
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    As to whether or not I am entitled to any form of financial support? I'm from England but both my parents are Irish, I hold an Irish passport which says my nationality is Irish etc. I moved over here in Sept 2007 for college and I'm still wondering if I can claim anything? My parents still live in England, and I'm sure their income would fall within most means-testing limits.

    Can anyone point me in the right direction??


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  • #2
    pow wow
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    Iontach wrote: »
    As to whether or not I am entitled to any form of financial support? I'm from England but both my parents are Irish, I hold an Irish passport which says my nationality is Irish etc. I moved over here in Sept 2007 for college and I'm still wondering if I can claim anything? My parents still live in England, and I'm sure their income would fall within most means-testing limits.

    Can anyone point me in the right direction??

    Not from Ireland, no. You have to have been resident here for a certain amount of time (I think it was 3 years when I looked into it) before your course starts and for purposes other than education (i.e. your parents sending you to boarding school here for example wouldn't count). I was born/grew up in Ireland and didn't qualify because I went to Sixth Form in the UK thus failing the residency requirement.


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    Interestingly that's not totally the case meanie boots:

    http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/support_higher08.doc?language=EN
    4.1.2 Candidates who are E.U. nationals and who do not satisfy the residency requirement are eligible to apply for a means-tested fees only grant in respect of approved courses in the Republic of Ireland, provided they have been ordinarily resident, for a purpose other than wholly or mainly to receive full-time education, in an E.U. Member State from 1 October, 2007.

    So it is possible to obtain the fees to be paid for you, but not a grant. Which, well, is something I suppose. Have a chat with your (now!) local VEC about this, see where it gets you :)

    Dónal


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