Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 June 2024
519. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when details of the availability of SUSI grants for part-time students, announced in Budget 2024, will be published. [27093/24]
View answer520. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI grants will be made available for part-time students studying at postgraduate level. [27094/24]
View answer521. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports available to part-time students studying at postgraduate level. [27095/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 519 to 521, inclusive, together.
The Student Grant Scheme is currently targeted at full-time students, including full-time postgraduate students.
The parameters of a pilot part-time grant scheme for undergraduate study are currently being finalised and I will announce the details in due course.
This Scheme will be limited to undergraduate courses as the Student Support Act 2011 only allows for part-time courses at undergraduate level to be approved. Any future extension to postgraduate courses would require a change to the Student Support Act 2011 and would need to be informed by the future development of the Scheme.
