Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I know there are many different circumstances but the reality is that what is happening is being brought about because of what we have gone through as a country. Where it has been proven that a family has gone through the insolvency process, on foot of which a parent had to go insolvent, the children should not be let suffer. When the Minister is addressing this she should facilitate them.

This is not going to last forever. With luck, people will come through over the coming years. It will not be biting at the Minister every year. Each young student deserves a chance. The Minister should consider a support for the people who have been hit.

What happened to them was undesirable. Let us not put them in a situation where it is the children who suffer from it mainly. I urge the Minister to amend the grants system.

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