PQ 50
49 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale underlying the residency eligibility criteria for third level grant schemes as contained in section 4.1.1 of the higher education grants scheme; his views that the current criteria unfairly exclude returning Irish migrants from taking up valuable educational opportunities in the State that will enhance their employability; if there is any impediment in national or European law to amending the existing criteria to enable provision for returning Irish migrants who do not meet the criteria from accessing grant aid to engage in higher education; if he will introduce the necessary amendments in the eligibility criteria of the higher education grants scheme to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34853/11]
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49 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale underlying the residency eligibility criteria for third level grant schemes as contained in section 4.1.1 of the higher education grants scheme; his views that the current criteria unfairly exclude returning Irish migrants from taking up valuable educational opportunities in the State that will enhance their employability; if there is any impediment in national or European law to amending the existing criteria to enable provision for returning Irish migrants who do not meet the criteria from accessing grant aid to engage in higher education; if he will introduce the necessary amendments in the eligibility criteria of the higher education grants scheme to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34853/11]
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