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Dail Éireann — 2020-09-03
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Thomas Pringle (IND), Donegal

The Covid change is important because I know that, in practice, people are not accessing that.
With regard to accommodation, there are many private providers of accommodation and students have been caught in the last year and do not want to be caught again. It is an unfair burden and the Minister needs to address it.
The Minister referred earlier to laptops. Will there be a clawback from students by the colleges in regard to the costs? I hope there will not be and I would like the Minister to confirm that.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-03