Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 952: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to pupils attending private colleges; if funding is available; and if not, her plans to provide funding to pupils who have to pay all the fees and need to attend; if not, if funding will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15269/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under my Department's Free Fees Initiative the Exchequer meets the tuition fees of eligible students who are attending approved third-level courses in the State. There are no plans to extend this initiative to cover third level private colleges. Section 473A of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997, provides for tax relief on tuition fees, at the standard rate in respect of approved courses at approved colleges of higher education including certain approved undergraduate and postgraduate courses in E.U. and non-E.U. Member States. Further details and application forms (I.T. 31 Form) to claim tax relief on tuition fees are available from the Revenue Commissioners.