Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the total cost of spending on third level education during the 2014-15 academic year, inclusive of all supports, grants, etc.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34349/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The position is that my Department allocates funding on a calendar year basis. In 2014 the overall funding provided by my Department including recurrent funding (core grant and free fees), and that provided under the Student Grant Scheme, higher education research funding and other higher education funding (excluding capital expenditure) was €1,471.8 billion.