Vol. 453 No. 8
118 Mr. S. Brennan asked the Minister for Education the views, if any, she has on the proposed increases in fees for post-graduate and doctoral degree courses; the further views, if any, she has on the fact that the proposed increase of 40 per cent is eight to ten times the rate of inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10071/95]
The level of fees for post-graduate courses is a matter for the colleges themselves to decide.
In the case of the recently announced increases by University College Dublin I understand that the overall average increase in post-graduate fees is 12 per cent. The average increase in Ph.D. fees is just over 23 per cent. Some 60 per cent of Ph.D. students are in receipt of grant-aid or fee concessions. In the Science area, which will see an increase of about 38 per cent in Ph.D. fees, only a minority will be paying full fees.
