S.I. No. 427/2023 - Student Support Amendment Regulations 2023

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Student Support (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 28th of August 2023.

3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Student Support Regulations 2023 (

S.I. No. 93 of 2023

)

4. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph 4(a)(iv) the following

“(v) notwithstanding subparagraph (iv), the courses listed in Part C of Schedule 2 will be considered to be post-leaving certificate courses for the purposes of these Regulations.”

5. Regulation 4(b)(i) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting the following

“(i) a course that takes not less than two years to complete and is provided by an approved institution that comes within the terms of section 7(1)(a), (b), (ba) or (c) of the Act and is a course listed in Part A or B of Schedule 1 or a course listed in Part D of Schedule 2 which requires the successful completion of a course listed in Part C of Schedule 2 as a condition of entry; ”

6. Schedule 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after Part B the following

“PART C

CLARE

College of FET - Ennis Campus

In respect of year 1 of the following courses

- Bachelor of Business (Honours)

CORK

Cork College of FET, Morrisson Island Campus

In respect of years 1 and 2 of the following courses

- Bachelor of Business (Level 7)

- Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Software Development

Cork College of FET, Douglas Street Campus

In respect of years 1 and 2 of the following courses

- Bachelor (Honours) in Animation, Visual Effects and Motion Design

Cork College of FET, Tramore Road Campus

In respect of years 1 and 2 of the following courses

- BA (Honours) in Popular Music

DONEGAL

Donegal ETB, Letterkenny Training Centre

In respect of year 1 of the following courses

- BB (Honours) in Business with options in

Enterprise and Innovation

Supply Chain Management

Digital Business

- BSc in Industrial Laboratory Science with options in

Biopharmaceutical Science

Life Science

Biochemistry

- BSc (Honours) in General Nursing

In respect of years 1 and 2 of the following courses

- BEng (Honours) in Sustainable Engineering Technologies with options in

Technologies for the Manufacturing Industry

Technologies for Computing

DUBLIN

Ballyfermot College of Further Education

In respect of year 1 of the following courses

- BA (Honours) Immersive Media Production

GALWAY

Galway Technical Institute

In respect of year 1 of the following courses

- BB (Honours) in Business with options in

Enterprise and Innovation

Supply Chain Management

Digital Business

- BSc (Honours) in General Nursing

- BSc in Industrial Laboratory Science with options in

Biopharmaceutical Science

Life Science

Biochemistry

In respect of years 1 and 2 of the following courses

- BEng (Honours) in Sustainable Engineering Technologies with options in

Technologies for the Manufacturing Industry

Technologies for Computing

KERRY

Kerry College of Further Education and Training, Clash Road Campus

In respect of years 1 and 2 of the following courses

- Bachelor of Business (Level 8)

- Bachelor (Honours) in Animation, Visual Effects and Motion Design

LAOIS

Portlaoise Institute – Portlaoise College

In respect of years 1 and 2 of the following courses

- Bachelor of Business (Honours)

- Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Software Development

LIMERICK

College of Further Education and Training LCFE, Mulgrave Street Campus

In respect of year 1 of the following courses

- Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mobile and Web Computing

MAYO

Castlebar College of Further Education (Davitt College)

In respect of year 1 of the following courses

- BB (Honours) in Business with options in

Enterprise and Innovation

Supply Chain Management

Digital Business

Mayo College of FET, Westport

In respect of year 1 of the following courses

- BSc in Industrial Laboratory Science with options in

Biopharmaceutical Science

Life Science

SLIGO

Sligo College of Further Education, Ballinode College

In respect of year 1 of the following courses

- BSc (Honours) in General Nursing

In respect of years 1 and 2 of the following courses

- BEng (Honours) in Sustainable Engineering Technologies with options in

Technologies for the Manufacturing Industry

Technologies for Computing

WICKLOW

Bray Institute of Further Education (St Thomas’s Community College)

In respect of year 1 of the following courses

- BA (Honours) Immersive Media Production

PART D

Atlantic Technological University

In respect of years 2, 3 and 4 of the following courses

- BB (Honours) in Business with options in

Enterprise and Innovation

Supply Chain Management

Digital Business

In respect of years 3 and 4 of the following courses

- BEng (Honours) in Sustainable Engineering Technologies with options in

Technologies for the Manufacturing Industry

Technologies for Computing

In respect of years 2 and 3 of the following courses

- BSc in Industrial Laboratory Science with options in

Biopharmaceutical Science

Life Science

Biochemistry

In respect of years 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the following courses

- BSc (Honours) in General Nursing

Institute of Art Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire

In respect of years 2, 3 and 4 of the following courses

- BA (Honours) Immersive Media Production

Munster Technological University

In respect of years 3 and 4 of the following courses

- Bachelor of Business (Level 7)

- Bachelor of Business (Level 8)

- Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Software Development

- Bachelor (Honours) in Animation, Visual Effects and Motion Design

- BA (Honours) in Popular Music

South East Technological University

In respect of years 3 and 4 of the following courses

- Bachelor of Business (Honours)

- Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Software Development

Technological University of the Shannon

In respect of years 2, 3 and 4 of the following courses

- Bachelor of Business (Honours)

- Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mobile and Web Computing”

The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform,

28 August, 2023.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 August, 2023.

SIMON HARRIS,

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

8

th September,

2023.

I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 4

,

7

,

8

& 14A of the

Student Support Act 2011

(No. 4 of 2011), and the Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (

S.I. No 451 of 2020

), having consulted with the Higher Education Authority and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, hereby make the following Regulations:-