Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 April 2021
778. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1298 of 21 April 2021, if his Department or the HEA collect or collate data on initiatives or mechanisms used by higher education institutes in relation to increasing and supporting cross-Border enrolment on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22218/21]
View answerOn occasions, reports are jointly commissioned by key Government Departments, North and South on cross-Border enrolments - the last such report An Analysis of Existing Statistics on Student Flows between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in Higher Education was published in December 2018 jointly by the Higher Education Authority, the Department of Education and Skills and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland.
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous and manage their own academic affairs including admissions procedures. The CAO manages applications for undergraduate courses on behalf of the HEIs.
