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‹ Order of Business Legal basis for grant inquiries
Summary
Richard Boyd Barrett again questions Clare County Council’s legal authority to seek household-charge payment before processing student grants, but the Chair rules that the issue is consuming excessive time.
Setting aside our different views on the morality of what Clare County Council has done and the precedent it may set, has the council legal authority to refuse third level grants to students whose parents have not paid the household charge?
Comment on this
The council is refusing to process applications.
Comment on this
I thought the only legal basis for refusing third level grants is failure to meet the eligibility criteria. Has anything changed legally? In other words, it does not matter and people will get the grant.
