Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the student contribution fee by €250; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12183/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Based on the current number of students that qualify under the Free Fees Initiative, it is estimated that the net cost to my Department of reducing the Student Contribution by €250 would be of the order of €16 million.

This figure takes into account the resulting saving to my Department's Student Grant Scheme. It does not however take account of any increase in student numbers in future years.