Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-09
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Rose Conway-Walsh (SF), Mayo

Saturday will mark the fourth anniversary of the publication of the Cassells report. The commitments in that report have not yet been implemented and are now beyond urgent. Many families are being pushed into poverty because they are excluded from the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants. With the Covid crisis, will the Government assess SUSI to allow for the changes in families' financial circumstances so that they are not based on last year's figures. This especially affects the self-employed. A widow bringing up three children has just had her business closed down. She is only on half a grant. Her Covid payment has now been reduced to €203 a week. Will that woman and people like her get full access to SUSI?

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Sitting date: 2020-07-09