68. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of pharmacy students in Trinity College Dublin, UCD and RCSI whose degrees have been changed and as a result they now have to pay masters degree level fees for their final year tuition and have to undergo an unpaid placement rather than a paid placement in their final year; if he was consulted with regard to this change; his views on whether it should be permissible; and if he will engage with the presidents of these institutions to reverse these changes. [24663/17]

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68. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of pharmacy students in Trinity College Dublin, UCD and RCSI whose degrees have been changed and as a result they now have to pay masters degree level fees for their final year tuition and have to undergo an unpaid placement rather than a paid placement in their final year; if he was consulted with regard to this change; his views on whether it should be permissible; and if he will engage with the presidents of these institutions to reverse these changes. [24663/17]

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1. 24 May 2017

   Third Level Qualifications Recognition

   68. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of pharmacy students in Trinity College Dublin, UCD and RCSI whose degrees have been changed and as a result they now have to pay masters degree level fees for their final year tuition and have to undergo an unpaid placement rather than a paid placement in their final year; if he was consulted with regard to this change; his views on whether it should be permissible; and if he will engage with the presidents of these institutions to reverse these changes. [24663/17]

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