Wednesday 18 June 2014 15.08 Foreign students who attended two colleges that closed suddenly seven weeks ago have been told that health insurance policies they paid and received certificates for are invalid.
Students of Eden College and IBS on Dublin's Burgh Quay have been told by their insurers that the colleges did not pass on the premium and so their certificates are not valid.
Non-EU students are required by immigration regulations to have insurance in place.
RTÉ News has spoken to one young student from Brazil, who suffered a stroke three weeks ago and spent six days in hospital as a result.
During her stay she was told by the hospital that the insurers told them that her policy was invalid. She received a bill for just over €4,000.
One day after she was discharged the insurers wrote to Eden and IBS students informing them that their policies were not valid, because their premiums had not been received from the colleges.
However students had received certificates outlining cover and stating in capital letters that the document was deemed to be a receipt in respect of payment.
The Brazilian student we spoke to said she cannot afford to pay this bill.
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has said students left stranded by the closure of English language schools will be offered heavily-discounted rates at alternative schools.
Minister Quinn said students affected would remain on their student visas and it was his hope that no "bona fide students" left high and dry will be left in difficulty.
He said hardship cases will be looked at individually.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, the minister said a clean-up of the sector was under way after some schools not complying with visa regulations shut their doors overnight.
He said lessons had been learned about the monitoring of schools and in some cases criminal investigations into certain practices, including the alleged issuing of a fraudulent health insurance policy, could be undertaken.
"Clearly because of the buoyancy of the Irish labour market over the last ten years a lot of people were attracted into the Irish market and this was a particular side effect, which wasn't dealt with in the past", he said.
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