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Updated 11.28am
SUSI HAS ASSIGNED a dedicated unit to handle postgraduate students who must have their grant applications reassessed or else face the possibility of the authority ‘recovering’ the funds.
However, just six of the 65 who received a letter have reapplied.
The remainder were sent another letter from the grant authority on Friday to ask them again if they wanted to be reassessed.
These reassessments are being given top priority within the existing SUSI team.
The students involved received a letter earlier this month inviting them to be reassessed as dependent students.
The letter stated that if the student don’t do this, SUSI “will have to implement a recovery process in order to recoup the cost of fees from you that were paid to your institution in respect of the 2012/13 academic year.”
The error arose from students applying and being classed as “independent”, where the income of the applicant and their spouses’/cohabitants’ are assessed, when they should have applied and been assessed as “dependent”, where the income of parents or guardians is taken into account.
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I’ve tested my water and there is lead in it. Anyone know how I go about reporting it or will I just get fobbed off.
@LittleBee: check this out, only applicable if you’ve lead pipes I believe https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.water.ie/projects-plans/national-projects/lead-mitigation-plan/faqs/Updated-Step-by-step-guide-to-Customer-Opt-in-Lead-Pipe-Replacement-Scheme.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiHsqKtg6nlAhWsQxUIHdiUBHgQFjACegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2vP0t_voURph8-EPiSFos9
@LittleBee: yes and you might find asbestos to providing you perform the correct chemical analysis.
@Godsmack – I Stand Al-Eoin: very interesting thank you. My house was built in around the early 80s so I dont think we have internal lead pipes so I wonder if the work will be done completely free.
@LittleBee: Stats being used to get water tax eventually implemented. First two tranches of which wont be for water.
Does €462,000 that include all the social welfare payments made to the homeless who stay in hostels.
Don’t understand your post. Are you suggesting homeless people given emergency accommodation shouldn’t get social welfare payments? The article says Hotels and Guest Houses so it refers to accommodation provided without any other supports
@MyBrokenKnees: I challenge you to go find adequate housing on what social welfare pays. Landlords shy away from accepting HAP. Walk a mile in their shoes. By the way, not everyone receiving social welfare is on it just for fun.
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