Government delaying college means test report ‘until after ploughing’

Disquiet is growing over the possible inclusion of farmland in means tests for third-level college grants, according to ICMSA president John Comer.

He believes the Government is deliberately waiting until after the National Ploughing Championships to roll out the report of an inter-departmental committee.

His fear is that the deliberations have already been completed, but that the decision has gone against the farming community.