Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

We had 15 commitments from the Minister for Education and Science that the Student Support Bill would be published. Of course, most of these commitments were given before the last election. Will the Bill be introduced in the House before Christmas given that students will want this new system in place by September of next year? The last time I asked this question I was informed the Government had agreed the heads of the Bill.

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