Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2021
601. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the higher education institute policy guidelines with regard to allowing students to carry out assessments and exams in Irish as is common practice in other similar jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24007/21]
View answerHigher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997, the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006 and the Technological Universities Act 2018. Under this legislation the HEIs are independent and is entitled to regulate their own academic affairs and administrative processes, including in relation to examinations. Any policy around the language through which exams are conducted is a matter for individual institutions, in line with their autonomy.
