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Friday, 16 September 2016

Department of Education and Skills

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Photo of Michael MoynihanMichael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise on the dental nursing programme and SUSI grant classification; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that qualification for SUSI grants for dental nursing vary depending on the university involved; the way in which he can ratify this; the steps being taken to streamline it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26292/16]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Approved undergraduate courses for the Student Grant Scheme 2016 are prescribed in the Student Support Regulations 2016 and in the Student Support Act 2011.

The Regulations prescribe that an approved undergraduate course is a full-time course leading to a major higher education and training award which takes a minimum of two years to complete in an approved institution.

Courses that are part-time or that are less than two years in duration, leading to a special purpose/minor award rather than a major award are not approved for the purposes of the Student Grant Scheme.

Universities and Institutes of Technology are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997 and the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006. The management of their academic affairs, including the selection and delivery of courses are matters for individual institutions. Accordingly, I have no function in relation to such matters as programme provision and the level of courses provided in the various institutions.

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