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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2002

Vol. 552 No. 1

Written Answers. - Higher Education Grants.

Róisín Shortall

Question:

862 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number and percentage of students in receipt of a third level maintenance grant for the past three years with details of provisional figures for years for which figures have not been fully compiled. [12106/02]

The number of students in third level courses in institutions aided by my Department in 1995-96 was 95,099. The corresponding figure for 2000-01 was 119,991, an increase of 26%. Specifically at third level, this Government has funded a major increase in the number of places in public colleges and that continues to be a priority.

The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular form. Data for the current academic year, 2001-02 are not, as yet, available to my Department.

Academic Year

Number of Students in 3rd Level Courses in Institutions aided by the Department of Education and Science

Total No. of Third Level Grant holders

No. of Grant holders as a % of total No. of Students

1998-1999

108,509

46,538

43%

1999-2000

115,696

45,534

39%

2000-2001

119,991

43,950

37%

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