Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of graduate-entry medicine scholarship students who have retained funding from the National Access Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54161/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In July 2022, I announced that 50 additional '1916 bursaries' of €5,000 per student would be made available for the most socio-economically disadvantaged students as identified in the National Access Plan. This includes those with a disability, mature students, lone parents, and further education award holders. In addition, changes were introduced to the 2022/2023 PATH 2 '1916 Bursary' scheme to allow those on existing bursaries to continue their bursaries to pursue a graduate entry medicine course.

Data on the number of students choosing to continue their bursaries has not yet been reported to the Department. The HEA will be seeking this information in 2023.