Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The Bill's provisions relate to students partaking of full-time courses, in accordance with the current system. However, there is a commitment in the programme for Government to introduce a funding scheme for students undertaking part-time courses who have not previously accessed third level education. A pilot project which commenced in the current academic year in the Institute of Technology, Tallaght, will explore how modularisation might be supported. We expect to be able to expand that project further next year.

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