Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will put a different slant on it. For weeks we have listened to various groups, some advocating for free fees and some for greater contributions from business or whatever. I was a teacher in a DEIS school for 15 years and saw the benefits of various programmes run between DEIS and universities. Over the course of the week, I met a top executive in a large pharmaceutical company who came through the DEIS model. In that context, will the witnesses comment on sustaining some type of fee model while enhancing those supports to provide for people from disadvantaged or lower socioeconomic backgrounds? Where will we get the balance?