College fees could be reduced and the SUSI grant system expanded to make college more accessible in Ireland.
Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris published an annual options paper yesterday, which proposed several ways of reducing the cost of further education. One option was to cut college contribution fees by €1,000, which would bring them down to a value of €2,000.
The paper also suggested making the SUSI grant more widely available to Ireland’s student population. 76,000 students were awarded funding under the SUSI system during the last academic year to help alleviate the financial pressures of college.
