“Each week students are packing their bags and leaving college due to the on-going delays in processing 3rd level grants” claimed Denis Naughten
Paul Curley, NUI Galway Students' Union President, Deputy Denis Naughten, and Breffni Gorman, Vice President of USI in the BMW region.
TD following a meeting with the Union of Students in Ireland.
Denis Naughten continued; “I understand that in one particular college five first year students dropped out last week because they had failed to obtain a decision on their grant from the new processing facility SUSI.
We are now being told that only half of students who are entitled to a grant will actually receive payment before Christmas; this is unacceptable and will lead to many more students being forced out of college.”
Denis Naughten concluded by saying; “the Minister for Education must get on top of this issue as a matter of urgency and refer outstanding files to the Council and VEC staff who have been processing application for existing college students”.