Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 September 2008
1860 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the practice of universities waiving fees for postgraduate courses in respect of the children of lecturers and professors from the universities concerned; if his Department has a role in approving such waivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30825/08]
View answerMy Department wrote to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) in 1982 in relation to the practice referred to by the Deputy confirming that it should be discontinued. Following a claim on behalf of affected staff the Labour Court subsequently issued a recommendation stating that existing arrangements for staff should continue however the fee remission scheme should not apply to staff recruited after 30 September 1992. I have asked the HEA to remind the universities of the terms of the Labour Court recommendation.
