A young Green party representative from Co Leitrim says the decision to hike up student contribution fees is 'disappointing.'
It comes as the €1,000 fee reduction, which was introduced in recent years due to the cost of living, will expire this year.
A demonstration in protest of the government's decision will be held outside Leinster House next Tuesday evening, and will be attended by students and parents.
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Higher Education Minister James Lawless has announced a 'cost of education' paper is to be assembled and published this summer.
But the Green Party's Adam Ó Ceallaigh, from Drumshanbo, says the government seems to be kicking the can down the road:
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