Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Emer Smyth:
We got rid of fees before and it did not help equity. The only group that gained were foreign families. Working-class students did not benefit from the abolition of fees and the argument was made on equity grounds. We have strong evidence that it will not improve equity. What would improve equity is providing the financial support to make it there and the educational support to get to that point.
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