Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

I will bring it very shortly. I want to finalise a number of issues regarding the finality of the report and I will put it before my Cabinet colleagues as soon as it is completed. That is the answer to the Deputy's question.

Regarding this matter, the Cabinet asked me to furnish it with a report on student commitment, which will look at fees, loans, a combination of the two, means testing and all the other issues. I will bring all of those to Cabinet so it can take an informed decision on the third level sector into the future and what the student contribution should or should not be. It is a matter Government can decide. As part of the norm, there will of course be interaction between the Department of Finance and the Department of Education and Science. To say that there is open warfare is untrue.

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