Greens set to consider graduate tax

A GRADUATE tax will be one of the measures on education funding considered by the Green Party at a seminar in the coming months amid increasing pressure to fund colleges and reintroduce fees.

Party leader John Gormley and education spokesman Paul Gogarty will organise the event, following considerations that a graduate tax could raise €180 million annually.

Student representatives last night warned though that the introduction of a similar system in Australia had been a “shambles” and saddled the government there with huge debts.