Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Tony Donohoe:

This is all about choices. I agree on early interventions. A US academic, Heckman, said if you want to get the biggest bang for your buck in terms of investment in human capital, you put it into early childhood education and development and set the foundations for later in life. It is about targeted interventions. Those who can afford to pay for higher education should pay. We need to make our choices a bit better.