Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of revenue raised from State exam fees paid by secondary school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12652/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Operational responsibility for the junior and leaving certificate examinations, including the collection of fees, is a matter for the State Examinations Commission. I have been advised that €7,396,293.08 was received in respect of exam fees for 2004. and the expected revenue towards the cost of the certificate examinations in 2005 is estimated as being of the order of €7.8 million.

This covers fee income for the junior and leaving certificate examinations in respect of all students, other than those entitled to a waiver of fees, across the vocational, community and comprehensive and secondary sectors, including repeat and external candidates. A separate breakdown is not available in respect of students from the secondary school sector.