O'Keeffe notes grants difficulties [IrishTimes]
- Published: 05 November 2009
Every effort is being made by local authorities and Vocational Education Committees (VECs) to ensure that students get decisions on their grant applications as soon as possible, Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe said today.
He was responding to concerns raised by Fine Gael that students were facing delays of up to four months for a decision on a grant application, due to staffing problems in grants offices and an increase in people seeking such assistance.
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