Students bring case against Minister over grant changes [IrishTimes]
- Published: 19 July 2011
THREE STUDENTS have brought a High Court challenge to the Minister for Education’s decision to change the maintenance grant scheme.
The action is regarded as a test case brought on behalf of students attending various third-level colleges around the country and is supported by the Union of Students in Ireland.
Alan Wallace of Mangan O’Beirne Solicitors, for the students, said after yesterday’s application that the outcome was likely to affect thousands of people.
In their proceedings, the students are seeking orders quashing the Minister’s decision to change the rules governing how far a student must live from college in order to receive a higher (non-adjacent) rate of grant payment.
The changes were proposed by the previous government in December 2010 and came into effect earlier this month.
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