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About LinkBacksI bet in June when election is over Batty aul Batty will announce the re introduction of 3rd level fees (WATCH THIS SPACE)??????????
I bet in June when election is over Batty aul Batty will announce the re introduction of 3rd level fees (WATCH THIS SPACE)??????????
He better do it quick or somebody in FG or Lab will be doing it.
I heard different that it was going to be after the lisbon election and announced in the budget.
You could be right thereOriginally Posted by mmrebel
It will not happen then. This gov will fall within weeks
This will not be good for the least well off in society, it can only deter less well off people from taking up higher education.
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It will and it must. Free 3rd level fees is a national disgrace. A sop from Labour to the middle classes. Loans are the way to go.
"The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.” -Golda Meir
Nonsense, it was a joke before the current system, the only ones paying were PAYE. I saw millionaires on full grants and no fees and others struggling.
I would pay for it all from tax and tax the richer harder.
The current system could be more progressive for getting lower starters into professions and I doubt he will return us to what we had before.
The move by labour was the best thing they ever did, particularly for lower and middle income PAYE.
I heard they were always going to wait until the summer when the students are off to stop them striking effectively. I think it's a good decision - you'd be surprised at how apathetic students are when it comes to giving up our summer holidays!!I bet in June when election is over Batty aul Batty will announce the re introduction of 3rd level fees (WATCH THIS SPACE)??????????
I would be against this move. I think many people are put of third level education because of the existing expense. People forget that you have to be supported or support yourself for a minimum of three years. That doesn't come cheap. Make it even more expensive and there are people who will decide to go straight into employment rather than wait some years and then have large loans to pay of while others have been partying or saving and are in a better financial position.
In the long run it is true that those who go to college are on average better off financially but how many 18 year olds think long term? I know that it took many years for me to recover financially from my five years at uni and I knew others who were in a much better position when it came to purchasing a first home because unlike me they had had time to save.
Bugger it all anyway - I always knew that the government would wait until it was my turn to send a kid to colege before reintroducing fees. Can't catch a break!
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