Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any emergency Health Service Executive budget to support adults with Down's syndrome in completing a course (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18688/15]

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided in respect of an education course (details supplied) for adults with Down's syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18687/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 526 and 554 together.

The position is that my Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions including Trinity College Dublin. The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal disbursement of funding is then a matter for the individual institution.

I also understand from officials in the Department of Health that the HSE is not in a position to provide funding for this course.