Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed)
5:40 pm
Lynn Ruane (Independent)
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Is it fair to say that the effect of the student loan means those who come from poorer backgrounds are the ones burdened with the debt more so than the person whose family can afford to pay upfront? It is not about inequity of access to college but an inequality in terms of who is left burdened with debt.