Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 433: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a student, who is allowed sit for examinations by their university, will be prevented from receiving their results or graduating, due to non-payment of fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21482/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that under the terms of my Department's free fees schemes the Exchequer meets the cost of tuition fees in respect of eligible students pursuing approved courses of study in an approved third level institution. Where students do not meet the eligibility criteria of the free fees schemes such students must pay the appropriate tuition fee as determined by the institution. As the institutions are autonomous bodies, my Department does not have any function in their day to day operational affairs including the issuing of examination results and graduation of students. I therefore have no role in the matter raised by the Deputy.