Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Neil Bruton:
On the international fees question, our ethos is that equal treatment equals integration. We talked about changing employer, having one's family with one, having the right to work and we would certainly put the right to education in with that as well. We share the Deputy's frustration and we get it a lot as well. In particular we have seen it recently with the regularisation scheme that granted stamp 4 status to families, including people who are at the age at which they would be going to university, but they cannot go because they cannot afford the fees. We would echo the Deputy's frustrations and that is something we would love to see changed.
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