Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----of course is a classic attempt by the Minister to try to deflect attention from his responsibility to come to terms with this issue in an urgent way. Additional staff, over and above the number allocated, need to be appointed to ensure a far faster operation so that students are dealt with far more quickly than currently and that the doubt, anxiety, stress and the potential risk of students pulling out of college is avoided. Will the Tánaiste agree to much more urgent intervention from the Minister than we have had to date? The bodies concerned should also be brought in because the universities are not applying themselves properly here nor is the HEA or the CDVEC.

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