Third Level Education
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-01
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Colm Burke (FG), Cork North-Central

In regard to the issue I raised about grants, there is a disincentive in that the grant is available for taking some postgraduate courses, whereas it is not available for studying radiation therapy. Will the Minister look at that? It is one of the key issues as regards why people are not attracted to the course.
Furthermore, can we expand the number of postgraduate courses in September? This relates to a two-year course, so even if we do that, it will be two years before new people come on stream, in addition to the number doing so each year at the moment.

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Sitting date: 2023-06-01