Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The Minister for Education and Science has suspended Committee Stage of the Student Support Bill because he is to integrate into that legislation proposals for the reintroduction of third level fees which will affect more than 100,000 students who will start their studies next week if they have not already commenced them. Have the conclusions on the proposals from the Minister for Education and Science been presented to the Cabinet? When will a decision be made on third level fees?

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