Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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Regarding C11, has the Minister considered allocating supports to students from low income families who are still being refused SUSI grants while doing their full-time degrees in independent third-level colleges, such as the Dublin Business School and Griffith College? Some students appeared before this committee in the past year who are really struggling and doing their best to get through third level, but need access to the SUSI grants.

The Fine Gael manifesto mentioned €100 million of additional funding just to stand still. What supports there are fall way short of what is needed to significantly boost the standing of the sector. I would ask the Minister to address this.