An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-11-22
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Bríd Smith (PBP), Dublin South-Central

I would like the Taoiseach to look at the promised cost-of-living reduction of €1,000 in third level fees. There is a cohort that is not going to get this reduction, namely, students who have to repeat a year. In many cases, these students are more economically vulnerable and may have to work part-time to keep themselves in college. Can the Taoiseach explain why this extraordinary step has been taken to exclude this cohort from the promised €1,000 reduction as a cost-of-living measure? Can he please look at granting this cohort that small amount of funding?

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Sitting date: 2022-11-22