Seanad debates
Thursday, 15 May 2003
Order of Business.
10:30 am
Joe O'Toole (Independent)
I support fully the points made by Senator Brian Hayes. I speak as one who did not support the abolition of third level fees because I did not believe it was the best way of dealing with the money. However, once it was done, people changed their arrangements and cashed in education policies, new expectations were created and people had new dependencies. It would be outrageous to pull the rug from under them now. The latter is a point of which people are well aware. More important, however, is the needless concern among parents and students about what will happen in the future in respect of this matter.
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