Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

Forgive me for thinking the Student Support Bill was introduced by the Government and that Second Stage was concluded a year ago. When will Committee Stage of the Bill be taken, given that before the last general election, the then Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, issued five specific press statements to the effect that from September 2009 we would have the new, unified system operational in every local authority?

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