The KickStart Scholarship Fund was established by the Irish Probation Service, and is supported by the Irish Prison Service.
The probation service has provided €100,000 in funding for the coming academic year, with the scholarship funding the applicant's full course of study. The scheme’s development is being led by Maynooth University, working in partnership with DCU, Dundalk IT, and TU Shannon Midlands Midwest, Athlone Campus.
The scheme is open to new undergraduates who have applied to begin third-level education in September this year, as well as those who are currently third-level students, in one of four MEND Higher Education Institutions.
So they can get an education but law abiding disabled people can’t get a SUSI grant. If they have a carer, back to education allowance forces carers onto half rate which is €100 less per week. SUSI grants do not cover part time which is all people on disability allowance can do
Society needs to frown upon those with criminal convictions. Prison should not be easy and neither should life after prison. We are doing the victims of crime a major disservice.
Send them to the Gulags
Yes, let's remove all the consequences of committing a crime. In fact let's reward criminals!