Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion

12:05 pm

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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One of the issues this committee has frequently looked at is the difficulty of PhD students and the limited resources available to them.

There was an announcement in the budget that the annual stipend available to PhD students would be €25,000. I presume the witnesses welcome that. What is their assessment of how that is going to help PhD students? Do they think it is insufficient?