424 Deputy John Deasy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by students with disabilities in colleges of further education who apply for supports to the Higher Education Authority, due to the fact that their courses are normally of 12 months duration and the applications for supports may not be processed for up to three months after commencement of the course; if she will request to the HEA to be more flexible in dealing with such applications so that they are dealt with in a more timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13773/10]

Summary

424 Deputy John Deasy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by students with disabilities in colleges of further education who apply for supports to the Higher Education Authority, due to the fact that their courses are normally of 12 months duration and the applications for supports may not be processed for up to three months after commencement of the course; if she will request to the HEA to be more flexible in dealing with such applications so that they are dealt with in a more timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13773/10]

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Higher Education Grants.

  xml · EN · 30 March 2010

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.