Written answers
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Department of Education and Skills
Higher Education Grants
5:00 pm
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures for the total number of students who qualified for a postgraduate maintenance grant in each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36311/12]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The total number of students that qualified for a postgraduate maintenance grant for the last five years are outlined in the attached table. The information contained in the table has been supplied to my Department by the grant awarding authorities – local authorities and the Vocational Education Committees.
No. of Students who qualified for a postgraduate maintenance grant
No. of Students who qualified for a postgraduate maintenance grant | |
2011/12 | 6,720 * |
2010/11 | 6,667 |
2009/10 | 6,417 |
2008/09 | 4,912 |
2007/08 | 5,321 |
* provisional
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