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

Last year by way of budgetary measures the Government examined this issue. It was the view expressed by all of the higher education institutions that the level of services for which they were paying for students was in excess of €1,500. The Higher Education Authority looked at the accounts of all third level institutions at the time and was satisfied that all institutions were providing services costing in excess of €1,500.

I would view in a poor light any institution providing fewer services than could be paid for with the money it attained from students.

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