Minister: I will move on student fees

Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan says she will not shy away from tough political decisions on student fees before the next Dáil election.

Minister: I will move on student fees

An expert group was set up in July to identify future funding models for higher education, but it will be the end of next year before the minister gets its final report.

But while the establishment of the group, chaired by former Irish Congress of Trade Unions general secretary Peter Cassell, was seen in some quarters as a stalling exercise by her predecessor Ruairi Quinn, Ms O’Sullivan does not agree.

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