State To Subsidise Healthcare Courses In The North
Student doctors and nurses will be subsidised to study in Northern Ireland in a new drive to get more medics into the HSE.
They'll be exempt from paying the much higher fees students in the North face.
UK students pay over €10,000 a year in tuition fees for medical universities.
However, as part of the arrangement, students will pay a €3,000 fee charged here, with the State covering the rest of the tuition cost.
Higher Education Minister Simon Harris says the initiative should result in more people working in our health service:
"We need to use every educational resource available on the island of Ireland to help meet the skills needs of people on this island.
"There's probably no more important area than the area of healthcare."
