Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 April 2009
659 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on putting a procedure in place in which tax exiles would have to pay for their children’s primary, post-primary and third level education. [15221/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraAccess to primary and post primary education is provided for students without requiring information on their parents' tax status and I would not favour putting a procedure in place that required schools to assess the tax status of parents enrolling students in their schools. Access to free undergraduate third level education is available to students who meet certain EU residency criteria. Other students are required to pay fees. If the Deputy envisages that the fees would be collected by Government rather than educational institutions then the issue of the collection of tax revenue from tax exiles to fund services relates to broader taxation policy which is a matter for the Minister for Finance.
