Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When Deputies were dealing with county councils and VECs the same problem arose. If these grants can be paid before December it will be a major improvement on what applied for many years, when students and their families had to go through the same process, for a variety of reasons, one after the other. I need to learn from Deputy Adams - he can give me the information afterwards if he so wishes - the college that the student is attending and the year in which he is enrolled. I can guarantee that the college authorities are fully entitled in not penalising that student to allow him to continue the course until everything is regularised.

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