No input from Department of Finance in promise to freeze college fees
Posted in Fees, access and admissions, Governance and administration on August 12th, 2019 by steve
“Education Minister Joe McHugh’s political promise to freeze college fees for five years was made without any input from the Department of Finance, the Irish Examiner understands. The promise to freeze fees at €3,000 a year for college students was made by Mr McHugh despite ongoing demands from universities for the Government to address a major funding shortfall in the sector …” (more)
[Daniel McConnell, Irish Examiner, 12 August]
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