Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Professor Mark Rogers:

The maintenance component of this is a fairly important one. I agree on abolishing fees and I am relatively agnostic as to how the higher education sector should be funded as long as it is properly funded. Abolishing fees poses very significant challenges in terms of the additionality of funding that is required. It is not only fees; the ability to pay the bus fare to college to be able to attend properly is also a key issue.