Third-level fee report will go to cabinet

A SPECIFIC recommendation on one of the options for charging third-level tuition fees — a loan system or some other way of funding higher education — will be included in a report to the cabinet early next year, Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe has said.

The minister yesterday also gave a commitment that the paper will be presented to his Government colleagues within four months, in which the various options will be presented.

However, the minister told the Irish Examiner he will include a recommendation on which option he believes should be implemented to help fund the country’s third and fourth level sectors.