Hike in college fees on cards as Quinn eyes €90m saving

Larger primary school class sizes and increases in college fees still look likely to be among the main features of Education Minister Ruairi Quinn’s 2013 education budget.

The unforeseen level of teacher retirements has led to a recent increase of €13m in the amount he has to cut next year.

This is in addition to the €77m target flagged earlier in the year, with almost 80% of his €8.2bn budget committed to pay and pensions.