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OECD ‘to recommend reintroduction of college fees’
16/02/2004 - 08:13:32
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is reportedly set to recommend the reintroduction of third-level fees in Ireland.
Reports this morning said a review of the Irish third-level system by the OECD would also recommend mergers or closer ties between some universities and institutes of technology.
Last year, Education Minister Noel Dempsey was forced to abandon his plans to reintroduce college fees following widespread opposition to the policy, particularly from his Government colleagues.
The fees were abolished about a decade ago in an effort to make third-level education more affordable to the less well-off.
Young Fine Gael have today said that June' s local elections could be about to turn into a referendum on the re-introduction of colleges fees. This follows reports today of proposals by the OECD to re-introduce college fees in Ireland.
Young Fine Gael President William Lavelle states: "YFG are completely against college fees and we will campaign for the local elections with the aim of encouraging young people to get out and vote to keep free education by voting Fine Gael.
"Last month, we made a submission to the OECD review in which we outlined our belief that in order to drive real & profound social and economic progression in Ireland, that the state must invest more in higher education.
"Any further state investment should be seen as investment in the future which will reap both an economic and social return to the state in the form of increased economic competitiveness, increased tax revenue and reduced social welfare and criminal justice costs.
"In our submission we also made clear our view that the state must not place any financial burdens, no matter how small, before prospective entrants to higher education. Education is a right, not a privilege, and should never be treated as a commodity to be bought. Every citizen should have equal access to education, no matter what their background."
Lavelle added: "We don't buy the idea of the re-introduction of fees only the 'well-off'. In reality, the number of families in the state who would be in a position to comfortably afford the enormous costs of both fees and maintenance is so small that if fees were to be re-introduced, then to make the system work, middle-income families would end up paying the fees.
"Young Fine Gael also is completely opposed to the introduction of any form of student-loan system. Ireland already has one of the highest levels of personal debt in the world. It would be completely wrong to burden young graduates with an automatic debt of €20,000+ on the day they start work.
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The full text of Young Fine Gael's submission to the OECD Review of Higher Education in Ireland can be viewed online at www.yfg.ie