Third Level Education
Dail Éireann — 2022-07-07
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

These are very small changes. We need to go a lot further. There needs to be a complete change of mindset. Accessing further and higher education should be seen in the same light as primary or secondary education. We want as many people to access further and higher education as possible, and we need to remove all barriers in order to facilitate that. We have the highest fees in Europe. They should be abolished. It is crazy to have registration fees. Only 30% of students benefit from grants.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-07