Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 7 March 2017, the regulations and guidelines in place for teenage international students arriving here that live with a host family and attend secondary schools for an academic term or complete school year without the presence of their parents or legal guardians within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13214/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not have a role in relation to organisations or agencies that arrange for international students to be placed with host families for the duration of their stay in the State.  Accordingly, any child protection arrangements and Garda vetting requirements in respect of these organisations or agencies, including any child protection measures or requirements for Garda vetting in respect of the host families themselves, are primarily a matter for the Departments of Children and Youth Affairs and Justice and Equality respectively.

With regard to the attendance of these students in schools, my Department’s child protection procedures apply to all recognised primary and post-primary schools and also apply to all students attending such schools regardless of the nationality or status of the students concerned. Garda vetting arrangements for the schools sector have been in place since 2006 and currently operate on a statutory basis with the commencement, last year, of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012, by the Minister for Justice and Equality. This Act is an important part of the Government’s suite of legislation to ensure that there are appropriate legal protections for children or vulnerable persons. 

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question number 74 of 26 January 2017, if he will arrange for the information sought to be provided. [13219/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Officials from my Department have now received the requested information from the Higher Education Authority.

The tables provide details of the fee charged to international non-EU students for each year studying medicine, for each university offering medicine as an undergraduate degree and for each academic year since 2010/2011. The table also provides the total fees collected by the universities in respect of such students. 

*Fee is headline fee rate for new entrants. From 2014/15, continuing students remain on the fee rate in the year of entry to the Medicine programme.

** Estimated