Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine for returning non-Erasmus third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21467/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The decision to support Erasmus students was taken in the context of my Department's role as national authority for the Erasmus programme.  It is not possible to extend the arrangements for other categories ofstudents who travel outside the State to pursue their studies in other countries. 

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of covering the cost of mandatory hotel quarantine for returning non-Erasmus third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not have data on the travel arrangements of students who travel independently to pursue studies outside of the Erasmus+ programme. In the main, these students undertake their studies independently and as a matter of personal choice.  It is therefore not possible to provide an estimate of costs.