Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Tánaiste is aware, the SUSI grant application process will open next week. It is very important for many students to get support in the college years that are coming up ahead of them. There is a cohort of students whose parents earn less than €24,000 per year and who do not have a social welfare element. It is a very small cohort, but they are not entitled to a top-up, whereas students whose parents are on less than €24,000 per year but have a social welfare benefit as part of that do get a top-up. That is a very wrong system that is operating in that regard. I ask that it be looked at and sorted out by the Government such that these students who are most in need of support can actually get it.

See this speech in context