Education Costs
Dail Éireann — 2024-05-23
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

I have never thought that fees for higher education made any sense. Why on earth would one ration access to higher education, college or university? But when we are looking at absolutely chronic skills and labour shortages in just about every sector of our society at the moment, is it not time to remove all obstacles to people getting trained, skilled and educated in key areas where we need people to work in our society?

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Sitting date: 2024-05-23