Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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It is interesting to discover that there is not a pot of cash in a bank somewhere from which the €25 million can be taken. What will probably happen is that there will be pressure exerted on the institutions to find other ways of procuring this money. Last year they looked at the areas in which they had the capacity to locate resources. Such areas could, for example, relate to international students. What happened was that postgraduate fees were increased. Such fees fall outside the free fees scheme and the State no longer covers them. No institution will want to remain in a situation where its finances will be delayed and it will undoubtedly seek other avenues as a result.