Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 February 2009
504 Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Science the way a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who wishes to pursue a four year degree course in classical music and who requires his or her CAO number can have it made available to him or her immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7626/09]
View answerThe responsibility for managing access to third level places rests with the Central Applications Office (CAO) and the third level institutions generally. The higher education institutions have delegated to the CAO the task of processing applications to their first year undergraduate courses. However, the participating institutions retain the function of making decisions on admissions. Neither my Department nor the Higher Education Authority has any role to play in relation to the operation of the CAO or the admissions policies of third level institutions.
