Kathleen Funchion
Question:371. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending grant support to part-time students at third level. [31672/19]
View answerTuesday, 23 July 2019
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Based on the Higher Education Authority (HEA) statistical data of part-time undergraduate and part-time enrolments in all HEA funded institutions for the 2017/18 academic year, there were 23,794 part-time undergraduate students and 16,307 part-time postgraduate students.
If maintenance and fee grants were introduced for part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students along similar lines to those for full-time students, and similar numbers qualify for support, then the estimated cost would be in the region of €56m.