Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing part-time undergraduate and below course fees by €500, €1000 and abolishing them completely in public institutes of higher education for EU students; the cost of reducing postgraduate fees by €500, €1000 and abolishing them completely in public institutes of higher education for EU students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, fee levels vary across the institutions, disciplines and mode of delivery. Part time and postgraduate tuition fees are payable directly to Higher Education Institutions.  

Higher Education Institutions are autonomous bodies and are responsible for their own day-to-day management and operational affairs, including the management of academic affairs. They retain the right to determine their own policies and procedures. The level of part time and postgraduate tuition fees to be charged are therefore a matter for the relevant institution to determine in line with its own criteria. My Department is therefore not in a position to provide an estimated cost for reductions in such fees by the sector.