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Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Deputy. I call Deputy Michael Cahill.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: I, too, welcome the students to the Gallery this evening. The last three budgets reduced the cost of third level student fees by €1,000 per annum as part of the wider cost-of-living packages introduced by the Government. I am pressing the Minister to continue these reductions in fees for students on an ongoing basis as they and their families are hard-pressed to afford them. The...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I am happy to join with the Minister, Deputy Lawless, and the Minister of State, Deputy Harkin, to speak to this from a housing perspective because, obviously, that is another cost that is incurred by students. I want to outline what we will do in that regard. I thank all contributors to this evening's debate. The Government is very much aware of the costs that students and families may...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Marian Harkin: I welcome the students to the Gallery and assure them that, despite what has been said, I and my Government colleagues do not live in an ivory tower. Our feet are firmly on the ground despite one of my colleagues having accused us a few minutes ago of having our heads down. In fact, I took notes on what he said so that I could respond to him. What we hear is this kind of bluster. What is...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, welcome the students here tonight. I am pleading with the Government. Since last Sunday week there has been nothing but uncertainty. It is not fair. Many students and their families struggle to afford the student contribution charge even with grants and other forms of support. The cost of living makes it nearly impossible. This is in the programme for Government. Why did the...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Carol Nolan: Tá áthas orm labhairt faoi tháillí na mic léinn anocht. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na mic léinn atá in éineacht linn tráthnóna. I support the motion, particularly the call to introduce a cost-of-living package which would cancel the scheduled €1,000 fee hike and reduce fees by a further €500, meaning the maximum...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Bhíomar ag caint leis an Aire faoi seo an tseachtain seo caite. I hope the comments that caused real concern for young people and parents throughout the country were a blip. We need to be clear: we came together to put a Government together and we created a programme for Government. I remember us all discussing student fees in the course of the formation of the Government. We all...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, am glad to have the opportunity to discuss the matter. I thank Sinn Féin for giving us the chance to speak on behalf of the students. I welcome the students who are in the Gallery and wish them well for the coming year. There are a number of things at play here. Many families do not qualify for SUSI. As a result, parents and students have to work very hard to ensure they...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the students here this evening. I know how important it is to have student support when going to college. I went to a tech and got a grant to go to college. I would not have been able to do it otherwise. I worked throughout college. I know how important it is to have supports to be able to succeed in college and do what you want to do and what is in you. Let us be clear:...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank all the students who are here today and all their families who are encouraging them to go to college. Parents now have to choose. If they have two children to go to college, they may not be able to afford it. Inflation costs at the moment are putting a massive strain on family life for the students and for all families. The Government has not provided adequate accommodation for...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Erin McGreehan: I can look you in the eye.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Marian Harkin: Yes we can.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: Look at them in the eye. Why cannot you look at them in the eye?

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Marian Harkin: I am looking at you.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Collins: Heads down the whole time, looking at your phones when you should be listening to the speeches.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Marian Harkin: No, we are not. You are a disgrace.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Erin McGreehan: The cheek of you.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: This is the first time you stuck your head up since you came in.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Collins: No respect for the young people up there.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Ba mhaith liom seans cúpla focal a rá anocht. I was in the Green Party back in 2009 when everything was cut to shreds. Back then I fought a little bit of a rearguard battle with some of my colleagues to get education cuts reversed and to stop registration fees being increased. That was when stuff was quite expensive. The cost of living rose post Covid and the registration fees...