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Simon Harris plans to 'overhaul' student grant system
The minister is bringing proposals to the Cabinet today.
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The minister is bringing proposals to the Cabinet today.
The grant system is open for renewals today.
Grants for part time students and how Ireland compares internationally will also be examined.
Barring orders were included on a list of acceptable documentation students could use to prove their parents were separated.
…but most of them haven’t submitted all the necessary documentation.
The students grants body says a number of people have received the email.
The Department of Education has apologised for the error.
A public consultation process has been announced ahead of the publication of the Data-Sharing and Governance Bill.
In its latest progress report, the awarding body has confirmed it’s reached the finalisation stage for grants two months faster than the last academic year.
A total of 43,000 students have a grant decision at this point compared to 6,000 students at this time last year.
The protests come as the USI attempt to mobilise a voting block of 50,000 students in a database by the local and European elections next year.
In its latest update, SUSI says it is more than two months ahead of where it was this time last year in processing grant applications.
A total of 55 cases of complaints against the grant system were accepted by the Ombudsman with 34 of them still open.
Around 61,500 applications have been assessed by SUSI – and of these, around 40,000 students will end up getting a grant.
Some 82,000 applications were received by the deadline earlier this month but SUSI are still accepting them.
SUSI said today that they are still accepting applications and that delays in processing seen last year are not expected to be repeated.
The grant system website was hit with technical issues last night as the deadline drew near.
The head of operations at SUSI said that the students grants scheme has undergone a number of improvements.
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Some 400 application appeals are still outstanding, but the body handling grant applications says that it is ‘confident’ that mistakes won’t be repeated.
SUSI authorities say dozens of students haven’t been ruled on from last year – leaving them in limbo for their college future.
Tom Hayes’ statement would appear to place him at odds with the education minister.
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While 328 grants have still to be processed by SUSI, an additional 1,938 students remain in limbo as the result of ongoing disputes over documentation.
The USI said Joe O’Connor has firsthand experience with the college grant system which will help him represent struggling students.
While Labour TDs believe the change makes “perfect sense”, there is opposition from some Fine Gael TDs.
The union at Galway-Mayo IT is handing out bags of food to hard-up students as SUSI continues catching up on grant payments.
The money is to be used by third level students facing financial hardship, and comes as some students are still waiting for grants.
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming said that the office of the Ombudsman currently does not cover the student grant processing.
The Minister for Education says SUSI has taken on another 50 staff this week to clear the backlog of 21,000 applications.
John Logue was arrested in the Dáil visitors’ gallery last night but was later released without charge.
CEO of SUSI, Jacinta Stewart said over 66,000 applications were received by the online system.
Around 48,000 students are still waiting for their grant applications to be processed. Ruairí Quinn has said the delay is “not satisfactory”.
New figures show that 65,000 students applied under the new student grant system – but decisions have been made on just 12,000 applications so far.
The Taoiseach says the government remains committed to implementing the Croke Park deal despite missing targets on public allowances.
South Tipperary County Council says it decided not to link grant payments with the household charge after looking more closely.
Fine Gael TDs are threatening a revolt over plans to consider the value of family farmland when considering a grant application.
A number of TDs – including a cabinet minister – are opposed to planned changes to grant criteria. So what’s going on?
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