Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

A section of the programme for Government deals with the reform of third level education, but the first attempt at this has been a disaster. There are huge waiting lists and backlogs for approval of student grants. This has led to a situation where students are being threatened with their back-to-education allowance being cut off and with not being allowed to use information technology, IT, services in third level colleges. Will the Taoiseach allocate time for a full debate on the ridiculous situation that has arisen as a result of the centralisation of third level education grants?

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