An annual quota applies to the intake of EU students to medical education in the State. Thereafter, the number of places allocated to non-EU students is a matter for the individual Higher Education Institution (HEI) concerned
with the availability of clinical placements being an important factor in this regard.
HEIs are governed by the Universities Act 1997, the Institutes of Technologies Acts 1992 to 2006 and the Technological Universities Act 2018. Within the meaning of these Acts, HEIs are autonomous with regard to the management of their academic affairs and as such retain the right to determine their own procedures, criteria and processes
including in relation to the selection, admission and transfer of students.
As such, my Department does not have a role in the matter raised by the Deputy.