Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2005
468 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if the free university fees scheme could be extended to citizens of the EU not resident here but who have an affinity or association with the country, such as having a parent who is ordinarily resident here for tax purposes. [36705/05]
View answerUnder my Department's free fees initiative the Exchequer meets the tuition fees of eligible students who are attending approved third level courses in the State. The main conditions are that students must be first time undergraduates; hold EU nationality or 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 third level course. I have no plans to change these eligibility conditions.
