Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot transfer the remaining fees of €1,500 from 2012 to the 2018-2019 academic year. [10256/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Higher education institutions are autonomous bodies and therefore the day to day operations including the determination of the fee rate applicable for individual students is a matter for the Governing Authority of each institution.

Accordingly, my Department has no function in relation to such matters. The final decision on this issue is a matter for the individual higher education institution.