Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. It seems from his response that the Department is going ahead and doing much work on how student income contingency loans would work in practice alongside the work the Oireachtas committee is doing. The Department has not actually contributed to the work the committee is doing at the moment. It has not given evidence there. Why is the Minister developing the system parallel to the work the committee is doing if the committee might recommend that there should not be income contingency loans? Is it a case that it is actually a fait accompliand the decision has been already taken within the Department?

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