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# student-grants - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Over 2,200 students still without grants as college year draws to a close
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.
# student-grants - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Roscommon native elected as new USI President
The USI said Joe O’Connor has firsthand experience with the college grant system which will help him represent struggling students.
# student-grants - Friday 1 March, 2013
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Coalition sees disagreements over student grants
While Labour TDs believe the change makes “perfect sense”, there is opposition from some Fine Gael TDs.
# student-grants - Monday 14 January, 2013
PICS: Students’ unions hand out food bags as grant crisis continues
The union at Galway-Mayo IT is handing out bags of food to hard-up students as SUSI continues catching up on grant payments.
# student-grants - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Minister gives extra €3 million to fund to assist students
The money is to be used by third level students facing financial hardship, and comes as some students are still waiting for grants.
# student-grants - Monday 17 December, 2012
Calls for independent student grant appeals system
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming said that the office of the Ombudsman currently does not cover the student grant processing.
# student-grants - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
SUSI backlog means some student grants delayed until 2013 – Quinn
The Minister for Education says SUSI has taken on another 50 staff this week to clear the backlog of 21,000 applications.
# student-grants - Thursday 15 November, 2012
USI President released following arrest in the Dáil
John Logue was arrested in the Dáil visitors’ gallery last night but was later released without charge.
# student-grants - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Extra staff in place to tackle student grant backlog
CEO of SUSI, Jacinta Stewart said over 66,000 applications were received by the online system.
# student-grants - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Committee to probe giant backlog in student grant applications
Around 48,000 students are still waiting for their grant applications to be processed. Ruairà Quinn has said the delay is “not satisfactory”.
# student-grants - Thursday 25 October, 2012
More than 50,000 students still waiting for decision on third-level grant
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.
# student-grants - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Kenny defends small savings from cuts to public allowances
The Taoiseach says the government remains committed to implementing the Croke Park deal despite missing targets on public allowances.
Council abandons household charge-student grant link ‘on legal advice’
South Tipperary County Council says it decided not to link grant payments with the household charge after looking more closely.
# student-grants - Saturday 11 August, 2012
Poll: Should student grants consider the value of family property?
Fine Gael TDs are threatening a revolt over plans to consider the value of family farmland when considering a grant application.
Explainer: Possible changes to college grants – and why some TDs don’t want them
A number of TDs – including a cabinet minister – are opposed to planned changes to grant criteria. So what’s going on?
# student-grants - Thursday 2 August, 2012
Column: Student fees mean my parents can’t afford to send us to college
Caught between fees and grants, a growing number of would-be students face missing out altogether. Welcome to the world of the ‘inbetweeners’, writes Patrick Kelleher.
# student-grants - Monday 28 May, 2012
Students to take appeal against grant reforms to the Supreme Court
One of the three students who sought the original judicial review has since dropped out of college due to grant reforms and is planning to emigrate.
# student-grants - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
High Court dismisses students’ appeal against third-level grant reforms
Students whose grants were reformed last year are told the State’s economic problems trump their legitimate expectations.
# student-grants - Monday 20 February, 2012
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know by 9am, including: Final day of Xi visit, Greece set for €130bn loan, Bank of Ireland cuts its losses, and are you hungry enough for a test tube hamburger?
# student-grants - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Column: Cutting grants isn’t just bad for students – it’s bad for Ireland
The boom taught us the danger of ignoring inconvenient truths, writes Miles Link – so what are we doing with cuts to the universities?
# student-grants - Monday 21 November, 2011
Quinn refuses to rule out blanket cull of postgraduate grants
Ruairà Quinn admits the Budget will be so tough that a blanket cut to postgraduate student grants “cannot be ruled out”.
# student-grants - Monday 19 September, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know before 9am: Man in court over Roscommon stabbing, eateries lose millions in food waste, and the latest institution to ban men with red hair…
Students win new independent appeals process for university grants
The Union of Students in Ireland has hailed the establishment of a central appeals board by minister Ruairà Quinn.
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