asked the Minister for Education if he will consider the introduction of a scheme to assist local authorities to make loans to students to enable them to receive post-primary education, such loans to be repaid when education has been completed.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Post-Primary Education Loans.
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I am satisfied that assistance from local authorities towards post-primary education should be by way of scholarships and not by way of loans. It is my intention to render further financial assistance to local authorities to enable the number of scholarships to be very substantially increased.