Ms Br?d Horan:

I do not believe that anyone is saying we are all okay with leaving fees as they are. We are saying that if we pose the straight question, as Senator Byrne has said, of reducing the fees or adjusting SUSI, then we should adjust SUSI but it is not a zero-sum game nor should it be. I would highlight that the underspend relative to other countries places Ireland's system in a very stressed position. The student accommodation does not fund any other activity. The charges made for student accommodation are to pay for the costs of actually building and running the student accommodation. That is not a source of income per se. The State invests .6% of GDP. The UK invests 1.6%, which is almost three times the amount-----