Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Students will not be forgotten in the budget next week. In the previous budget, we increased the SUSI grant and made it available to more people. We reduced student contribution fees, provided the rent credit to students and increased funding for student accommodation. Hundreds of additional beds are now being provided every year on our university and third level campuses. While I cannot say what will be in the budget next Tuesday because it is not agreed yet, the approach we took in the previous budget was valid and we will seek to apply it again.

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