Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
1290. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department provides funding for the DARE and HEAR programmes; if so, the funding which is provided; if his Department lays down conditions as to the way this funding is administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40737/21]
View answerThe Deputy will be aware that the HEAR and DARE schemes are reduced points mechanisms for entry into higher education.
The schemes are managed and operated by the Irish Universities Association (IUA) on behalf of the higher education institutions who are autonomous bodies. Participating higher education institutions provide the funding for the IUA to manage the schemes on their behalf.
