Éamon Ó Cuív
Ceist:47 Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when the regulation was introduced stating that students who have previously pursued an undergraduate course approved for the purposes of the higher education grant scheme, the vocational education committee scholarship scheme or the European Social Fund will not receive a grant under any scheme for a further period of study at undergraduate level, except in the case of students who already hold a national certificate or diploma and who are progressing to degree courses and where an appropriate exemption from the normal duration of the degree course is available on the basis of the certificate-diploma; the reason for its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17518/96]
