Written answers
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Department of Education and Skills
Education and Training Boards
Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available for students who attend modern foreign language courses through ETB's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8887/24]
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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SOLAS has advised that modern foreign languages courses (French, German, Spanish, Italian) are offered as part of some Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) and other programmes such as the Back to Education Initiative and Community Education. Students pursuing PLC courses may qualify for maintenance grants under the SUSI PLC Grant Scheme if they satisfy the scheme conditions. The €200 PLC levy was removed with effect from September 2022 and Budget 2024 has provided for PLC fees to be removed with effect from next September.
Alternatively, students may, depending on the course of study and their individual circumstances qualify for the Back to Education Allowance administered by the Department of Social Protection or an ETB Training Allowance.
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