Dr. Aedín Doris:

There is a distinction to be made in terms of the generations the Senator is speaking about. What she has in mind when she speaks about the inequality of the system is parental income and how that affects who pays the most. If we think about it, graduates are adults by the time they graduate. At that stage, we judge them on their own income. Some people from very poor backgrounds become corporate lawyers and those corporate lawyers should repay the cost of their education.