John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the programme for Government a commitment is given to support third level students, particularly through the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant. I remind the Minister of an anomaly in the assessment of distances for the adjacent and non-adjacent grant. SUSI uses Google Maps in this assessment, which in many cases will direct students to roads that are secondary or tertiary and in many cases barely passable. I ask that we change the assessment tool to the AA route planner, as is used for assessing distances for our own travel arrangements as Deputies? If it is good enough for us, it should be good enough for SUSI to use in assessing the adjacent and non-adjacent rates. This is very significant, because trying to bring somebody by the shortest route from their home will often bring them on roads that are impassable and unsafe.

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