31st Oct 2014
Third-level fees at Ireland’s public Universities and Institutes of Technology are back on the agenda following a conference and Budget 2014 this month.
Higher student fees were raised at a recent major conference on the “growing crisis” of funding of third-level education in Ireland.
Former education minister Ruairi Quinn introduced a regime that has increased the student contribution by €250 a year since 2011. After the final phase, next September, the charge will be €3,000.