Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

The House agreed the Second Stage reading of the Student Support Bill more than 22 months ago and the Taoiseach wrote to me about this prior to the Christmas period. The Minister for Education and Science said over Christmas that he supports the principle of one body giving grants to students rather than the 33 proposed in the Bill. Is it the intention of the Government to withdraw the Student Support Bill or what is the Government's intention in this respect?

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