501 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the 2,500 additional third level places announced by his Department; if he will clarify if students will have to pay the €1500 registration fee; the level of FETAC qualifications the courses in this scheme will apply to; if he will clarify if potential students need to have lost their job in the six months before 1 September 2009 or if they need to have been in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit from 1 March 2009; if so, if he will confirm if persons made unemployed after 1 March 2009 will have to wait until 2010 to pursue a third level course; if he will confirm that the scheme will be open to persons in receipt of either jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit; if the scheme will be open to formerly self-employed persons who are now unemployed but do not qualify for social welfare benefits; the way potential students will be able to apply for these additional places; the discount that will be provided to students seeking to study a postgraduate degree which usually incurs a charge; if maintenance grants will be available to successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25815/09]

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501 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the 2,500 additional third level places announced by his Department; if he will clarify if students will have to pay the €1500 registration fee; the level of FETAC qualifications the courses in this scheme will apply to; if he will clarify if potential students need to have lost their job in the six months before 1 September 2009 or if they need to have been in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit from 1 March 2009; if so, if he will confirm if persons made unemployed after 1 March 2009 will have to wait until 2010 to pursue a third level course; if he will confirm that the scheme will be open to persons in receipt of either jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit; if the scheme will be open to formerly self-employed persons who are now unemployed but do not qualify for social welfare benefits; the way potential students will be able to apply for these additional places; the discount that will be provided to students seeking to study a postgraduate degree which usually incurs a charge; if maintenance grants will be available to successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25815/09]

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