The Teachers' Union of Ireland has expressed "grave disappointment" at the failure of the Minister for Education and Science "to deliver on his election promise of maintenance grants for post-Leaving Cert students." The TUI general secretary, Mr Jim Dorney, said there had been an explicit commitment in Fianna Fail's manifesto "to pay these grants in the same way as for all other third-level students".
Teachers, students and parents had "a deep sense of disappointment at the Minister's silence on this issue".
