Do I apply to my local authority or my VEC?

RoundTower

I'm going back to college in September to do a postgraduate course. It looks like I should be eligible for a grant and to get my fees paid.

studentfinance.ie has this to say:

If the grant for your undergraduate education came from the VEC, then your scheme is the Vocational Education Committee Scholarship Scheme and the grant application form is available from your local VEC.

If the grant for your undergraduate education came from the local authority, then your scheme is the Higher Education Grants Scheme and the grant application form is available from your local authority.

I didn't get any grant for my undergrad course which finished 4 years ago when I was a dependent on my parents.

So whom do I apply to?

RoundTower

in case anyone else is in the same boat, the VEC told me to apply to my local authority. I don't have a whole lot of faith that the council won't send me back to the VEC!

Serkunet

Our guidance counsellor said that it would be better to give it to the VEC, rather than the county council. Cause they will just send it to the VEC and that pile will be put at the bottom of the pile that the VEC already have.