Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Mr. Conlon will be aware of the third option put forward in the Cassells report. Everyone here recognises there is a high correlation between those who have high disposable income and the level of third level education they have attained. I am not saying that everyone has a third level education has high disposable income but, certainly, there is a high correlation between those who do and the level of educational achievement they have reached. What does Mr. Brownlee think of the recommendation in the Cassells report that if a student who goes into the workplace, does extremely well and earns a certain level of salary in their 40s, it would then be a requirement for them to pay back some of the fees?