Student from 26 counties attending Magee unable to avail of tax relief on digs, TD complains - video Dailymotion

Student from 26 counties attending Magee unable to avail of tax relief on digs, TD complains

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00:00A huge amount of Shared Island funding has gone into McGee College. I was a

00:06parent who has a student doing a healthcare course up there, can't get

00:11Susie, just above, but they try to get the tax relief on accommodation, but

00:16because the kid obviously is going to college in the north this is an issue, I

00:20think it's an anomaly, we're talking about Shared Island, it needs to be looked at.

00:25Thanks very much to Deputy O'Murrachu for raising this issue and can I say this

00:27Government is determined to work on an all-island basis on so many

00:31issues that it quite frankly makes sense to do that. I've already been to Belfast,

00:35met with the First Minister, the Deputy First Minister and a number of

00:38political leaders and we have specifically in the Programme for

00:41Government committed very substantial additional funding to grow Shared

00:45Island projects in the years ahead. I'm pleased you referenced McGee, it's going

00:48to be an incredible investment in education, in third-level education in

00:52Derry, but I think you're right as we come across those issues and anomalies

00:55and I thank you for bringing them up. We'll certainly reflect on them, happy to

00:58engage on a north-south basis through the Ministerial Council on them and the

01:01specific issues you've raised I'll ask each relevant Government Minister to

01:04look at them too.