Under the terms of the free fees initiative my Department meets the tuition fees of eligible students who are attending full-time undergraduate courses, of at least two years duration, at approved colleges.
Eligible students are those who are first-time undergraduates and hold EU nationality or have official refugee status and have been ordinarily resident in an EU member state for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to an approved course. This condition applies to all EU nationals, including Irish nationals, in accordance with a judgment of the European Court of Justice that access to vocational training must apply equally to all EU nationals.