Powers but no extra cash for new education agency

A range of powers is to be given to an education agency without guarantee of extra resources, despite major internal staffing difficulties.

Education Minister Richard Bruton will today outline proposed legislation covering the regulation of third-level and private international colleges.

Among them will be the creation of an offence of facilitating academic cheating by providing or advertising services such as writing college assignments, providing exam answers, or sitting an exam for a student.