Austin Deasy
Question:80 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Education if she will give details of the qualifications required to qualify for a mature student grant.
Vol. 401 No. 2
80 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Education if she will give details of the qualifications required to qualify for a mature student grant.
There is no specific provision in the higher education grants scheme relating to mature students. As there is no upper age limit in the scheme it is open to a mature student to sit the leaving certificate examination in the normal way for the purposes of qualifying for a grant on grounds of academic attainments and means.
Under a special scheme of grants for mature women students 15 grants of £1,000 tenable for one year only are made available each year. The following conditions apply to the scheme:—