Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 March 2018
158. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place to help students with dyslexia go to third level education; and the allowances for the condition made in terms of points thresholds. [14385/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department, through the Higher Education Authority (HEA), provides financial support through the Fund for Students with a Disability (FSD) to higher education institutions to ensure that they are adequately resourced to cater for the needs of students with disabilities.
This Fund provides grants towards the individual needs assessment, provision of services, purchase of equipment and provision of academic supports for students with disabilities. The scheme applies to students who have serious sensory, physical and/or communicative disabilities, including dyslexia.
The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) offers places at reduced points to school leavers with disabilities. Admissions under the DARE scheme is regulated by the institutions themselves. Each higher institution determines its own admission policy in relation to DARE, the number of places they reserve for DARE and the allocation of those places.
