Exploitation of Tipperary students should not be allowed

Deputy Mattie McGrath has called on the government to not allow exploitation of students who were forced to pay for accommodation they were not using.

" . I have raised this matter several times in the Dáil throughout the last year.

Time and time again the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, has said that he does not have the tools to do anything. It is no longer acceptable for the Government to act as spectator while wholesale financial exploitation of students continues.

The sponsors of the ( ) (-) believe this Bill provides the Ministers with the necessary tools in this legislation and now it is up to him," said Deputy McGrath