It is the first time any grant has been provided for part-time education under the Student Support Act 2011.
The Government is determined to remove as many barriers to education as possible, the Minister for Higher Education has said.
“We need to ensure that our skillset and our skills base is well maintained, that people are given the opportunity to go back to education,” he said. Minister O’Donovan said reform to financial supports for students is an important way to help more people study at third-level.
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