Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister engage with the Minister for Social Protection on this? The former Minister responsible for higher education, Deputy Bruton, promised to correct what he called this “anomaly” four years ago in response to a question by a Deputy from another party. A family in need of social protection with one assessment is denied the right to educate children with another assessment. Families I know have children who have dropped out because of the financial stress. This was presented to me a number of times. It can be sorted out with a little collaboration to correct what the Minister’s colleague described as an “anomaly”. It is denying affected families the opportunity to educate their children. I ask the Minister to deal with this.

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