Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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Are we putting higher and further education beyond the reach of people? It was referred to earlier that the system is there to suit the two adults with 2.4 children, a cat and a dog. If one goes outside of that, it creates bureaucratic nightmares for people and huge barriers to entry. How concerned are the witnesses about that?