Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes, there are students who have done this, and my son is one of those in the accommodation in Trinity College Dublin. I am not disputing that but it is not good enough that public institutions have refused to give refunds or are giving only partial refunds. Many have tried to give the smallest refunds possible. I have received recent reports that some universities, including Dublin City University, are refusing to give refunds unless they were requested by 5 October, which was two weeks before the level 5 restrictions were even announced. Other universities, including University of Limerick, are only issuing refunds for the six weeks of level 5 restrictions. Universities were instructed to move online to level 3 restrictions at the end of December. The refund for unused accommodation should be for the entire semester. The universities may be saying that they are issuing refunds but they are not being upfront about this. I ask the Minister to have another look at it. I will forward him cases where this has happened to people.

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