Third Level Education
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-01
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Cathal Berry (IND), Kildare South

That is excellent. It is very encouraging. I very much welcome that the review has been completed and the report is on the Minister's desk. That is good. He probably received the same emails and the same type of correspondence we all have. The requests by the PhD fraternity are quite reasonable. They are just looking for a living wage. They are looking to reduce the cost of tuition fees for non-EU students. The most reasonable request of all is just to have normal employment rights like everybody else from the point of view of maternity leave, annual leave and sick leave. I am very supportive of all of those proposals.
The Minister mentioned that the report is finished, which is good. He also mentioned that it is going to the Cabinet in June. If possible, could we get an indication as to whether the report will be published before the summer recess? I would be grateful to get the Minister's thoughts on that.

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