Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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This is the essence of where we came in at the beginning. Sometimes students just give up because they think they will not be able to get a grant. We will ask SUSI what other mechanism is in place. Perhaps a declaration can be signed by the parents and witnessed by a peace commissioner or commissioner of oaths. I do not know. There needs to be another mechanism to facilitate SUSI verifying it and facilitating the students.