The issue of reintroducing fees for third level students must be tackled in a positive way. They feel they will be levelled with additional charges when they are mid-way through their academic courses. At current day costs, the reintroduction of fees will mean a cost of €12,000 per year per student. That is based on having to pay €6,000 for meagre living expenses, €670 for registration fees plus average fees of €5,000. We have to consider seriously if we wish to burden students, who have already embarked on their training, with those fees. Investment in education is unparalleled but it must be taken in the context of current day values.