Disadvantaged still won’t get to third level

THE recent row over third-level fees raises a few disturbing issues for the working class and other disadvantaged groups.

What will the children of these groups think of the politicians who opposed Education Minister Noel Dempsey’s scheme to divert resources from the well-off to the poorer classes who might have aspirations to go to university.

OFCD figures from the Household Budget Inquiry, published recently, stated that one-third of all social transfers go to the middle class, not to working class or social welfare households.