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With a €1 million plan, the Irish government will only be footing the bill for Irish Erasmus students having to go into mandatory hotel quarantine, leaving non-Erasmus students out of the plan.
The Irish state is expected to pay hotel quarantine bills for students taking part in the Erasmus programme on the basis that the government funds all such programmes, including travel and some additional costs.
Higher Education Minister Simon Harris, who spoke on Claire Byrne Live on RTE Radio 1, said there is a waiver for an upfront payment of hotel quarantine fees that can be granted on “compassionate grounds” by the foreign affairs department. Harris also said he was in talks with Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, seeking to extend the waiver to those students.
The Government is to foot the bill for any Irish Erasmus student obliged to enter hotel quarantine when returning to Ireland, under a plan to be outlined later today by Minister Simon Harris.
Irish Erasmus students in the EU countries on the Government s mandatory hotel quarantine list will not have to pay for their stay in the facilities.The cost.
Erasmus hotel quarantine plan expected to cost over €1m rte.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rte.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.