Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)

There is no provision for tuition fees in the Bill as that is not a matter for the authority. In some instances, learners - I have attended a few award ceremonies at which FETAC and HETAC certificates were awarded - pay a small fee to partially cover the cost of the awards process. These would not be described or deemed to be tuition fees. They are simply fees associated with receipt of an award and the administrative overheads involved in the awards process by the institution from which the learner is acquiring the award.