Cllr Mythen said;
"Student universal support
Ireland is the company in charge of processing student grants. This whole new innovative system was supposed
to be the panacea of all future student grant applications. Instead we have 66000 applicants in total. Only three thousand and ten have been paid out
to date, 25310 are still being processed
and a further 25500 are awaiting documentation."
"This was a job that the
local V.E.C.s and Co. Councils could do in their sleep. These teachers and civil servants quiet often
knew the applicants personally and could go through the application forms on an
individual basis, making sure the documentation was correct."
"Minister Quinn's apologies
are falling on deaf ears. Parents are at
their wits end. Some will have no choice
but to take their children out of college.
Students are under severe pressure to pay rents and keep themselves fed
for the week. This is a prime example of
when something is not broken then don't fix it."
"Minister Quinn must act and
act fast if he is sincere in providing a state of the art student grant
system. He should make sure the company
he awards the contract to should be capable
of delivering a first class service just like the excellent system we had before."
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