Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2020
498. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if every student who was downgraded unfairly due to the calculated grades error has been offered the CAO choice they should have been entitled to. [31716/20]
View answerFollowing the conclusion of the review of the code used to generate Calculated Grades, improved Calculated Grades results were transmitted to the CAO on Saturday 3rd October. The CAO subsequently identified 485 students who were entitled to a higher preference CAO offer as a result of their improved grades.
As of CAO Round 4, which was issued on Thursday 8th October, all of these students have received an offer to take up a place in their new course in the current academic year.
