31-12-2012 10:30 AM
| Ireland
Cabinet heads for split over Quinn grant plan
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn (pictured) is set to create a cabinet split in the New Year by pushing ahead with his plan to include farmland and business assets in the means test for student grants.
It came as Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney made it clear that he was firmly opposed to the move because it would hit farmers who were "asset rich but cash poor".
It came as Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney made it clear that he was firmly opposed to the move because it would hit farmers who were "asset rich but cash poor".
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