Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Tim Conlon:

To attract them into and support them through higher education and on to more successful lives, that is the key piece. There is something there of the balance. Those who can make a contribution should. Whether that is the State, student or employer is a tricky seat on which to put me, but all benefit from it. We have the evidence of that. However, we need to look at how we target the supports and whether we could target them better to broaden the net.