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Third Level Places.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 February 2005

Thursday, 3 February 2005

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Kathleen Lynch

Question:

82 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science her position on the reservation of places for students from Britain and Northern Ireland by Trinity College, Dublin; her views on whether this is a discriminatory practice. [3020/05]

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Admissions policy is a matter for each third level institution, having regard to the principles of equity and equality of access. I understand that the arrangements to which the Deputy refers have been put in place by Trinity College on a transitional basis to facilitate equity of access for all students, following the recent UCAS-leaving certificate benchmarking study, which resulted in changes in the relative weightings given by the college to grades achieved in A levels vis-a-vis those obtained in the leaving certificate.

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