Brian Cowen
Ceist:64 Mr. Cowen asked the Minister for Education if a mature student's grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly.
Vol. 396 No. 7
64 Mr. Cowen asked the Minister for Education if a mature student's grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly.
The 1989-90 scheme for mature women students provides for the award of a "once-off" basis of 15 grants of £1,000 each to mature women who comply, inter alia, with the following conditions: be aged 25 years or over; be unwaged or on a low income; have completed successfully at least one year of an approved undergraduate degree, diploma or certificate course; have re-enrolled for the 1989-90 academic year; not be in receipt of a grant, scholarship or funding from any other source; and provide information on the financial circumstances of the household/individual.