Ruairí Quinn
Question:288 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct the vocational education committees to ensure a number of places within colleges of further education are held for students who appeal their leaving certificate results; if she will note that some students lose out on a place in these colleges if demand is high and the student, through no fault of their own, has decided to appeal the leaving cert results; if her attention has been drawn to this policy that already exists in the universities and institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33035/10]
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