To encourage student participation in the policy making process.
To open discourse on a national level and offer recommendations to current policy issues.
To share with students the knowledge, insight and expertise of professionals.
The inaugral Forum was officially opened by President Higgins in February 2012, receiving national media attention - including RTE's Nine O'Clock News. We welcomed high calibre speakers including Dan O'Brien, Philip Lane, Piero Formica, Barry O'Leary, John McHale and Mark Little, providing insights on topics including the Irish debt crisis and the fiscal treaty.
We hope to engage students in the policy making process and that students will think creatively and apply their existing knowledge to offer recommendations to current policy issues in Ireland. Workshop topics include Social Protection, Finance, Transport, Education and many more.
