The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) offers places at reduced points to school leavers with disabilities who are under 23. Admissions under the DARE scheme is regulated by the institutions themselves and not by my Department. Each higher institution determines its own admission policy in relation to DARE, the number of places they reserve for DARE and the allocation of those places.
DARE policy and criteria is co-ordinated in the Irish University Association (IUA) for the participating HEIs (www.iua.ie). The operational management of DARE is carried out by the CAO on behalf of the participating institutions (www.cao.ie).