595. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the discontinuation of a loan facility for graduate entry level medical students by a bank (details supplied) from 31 July 2022; his views on the socioeconomic barriers the discontinuation of this loan facility will place on students who wanted to apply to study medicine; his plans to financially assist graduate entry level medical students who will no longer be able to avail of this loan facility; the actions he will take to encourage other financial institutions to offer similar loan facilities to graduate entry level medical students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22831/22]

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595. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the discontinuation of a loan facility for graduate entry level medical students by a bank (details supplied) from 31 July 2022; his views on the socioeconomic barriers the discontinuation of this loan facility will place on students who wanted to apply to study medicine; his plans to financially assist graduate entry level medical students who will no longer be able to avail of this loan facility; the actions he will take to encourage other financial institutions to offer similar loan facilities to graduate entry level medical students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22831/22]

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