Seanad debates

Wednesday, 9 October 2002

When fees were reintroduced across the water, it seems to have discouraged many from going to college and many of those who went seem to have built up horrendous debts. There is merit in abstracto of devoting one's resources to maintenance. As the Minister said, the very wealthy can afford to bear it as they do in the United States, but, in practice, if fees were reintroduced, the threshold would be far below that of the very wealthy. As I know myself, even if one is relatively well paid, if one has several children going to college over a period of time, it is a huge strain on finances. The Taoiseach and Tánaiste have taken positions on the matter, but when one is debating it, one must examine the potential impact on attendance at university.

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