Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, for the period September 2012 to August 2014, the institutions that have received funding via the fund for students with disabilities; the amount each institution has received; the number of students the funding is in relation to at each institution; the number of undergraduate students for which the institutions are receiving funding who are studying courses, including HND courses, of less than two years duration at each institution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37300/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The table shows the grant allocated to Higher Education Institutions (HEI) under the Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) in the period from September 2012 to August 2014, the academic years 2012-13 and 2013-14. This table also provides details on the number of beneficiaries.

In order to be eligible for support under the FSD a student must be enrolled on an approved courses. Approved courses are full-time undergraduate courses of not less than two years duration or full-time postgraduate courses of not less than one year duration. There are no students supported under the FSD in any HEI studying undergraduate courses of less than two years in duration.