Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2022
527. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students studying graduate entry medicine at University College Dublin can apply and avail of scholarships; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59084/22]
View answerThe Programme for Access to Higher Education (PATH) Fund is the funding mechanism established to implement the National Access Plan (NAP). Strand 2 of the PATH Fund provides bursaries (1916 Bursary) to students who have been identified by their higher education institution as being the most socio-economically disadvantaged.
I am pleased to say that my department has recently changed the criteria so that students who hold a 1916 Bursary will be deemed to have met the progression requirement and can therefore be supported through this bursary scheme, if they choose to progress to Graduate Entry Medicine.
