Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 1278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is funding available for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to cover the cost of an educational course. [28791/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Part-time courses are not approved courses under the terms of the Maintenance Grant Schemes.

Any extension of the student support schemes to part-time studies would have significant cost implications. I have no plans at present to extend the grant schemes to include part-time students.

Under my Department's Free Fees Initiative the Exchequer meets the tuition fees of eligible students who are attending approved full-time undergraduate third-level courses in the State. I have no plans at present to extend this schemes to include part-time students.