State Examinations

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 September 2021

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Questions (463)

Noel Grealish

Question:

463. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who having achieved points totalling 550 or more in the leaving certificate but who failed to secure a place on their preferred third-level course due to random selection in 2021, in tabular form; the numbers involved in each individual course in each ten-point segment up to the maximum of 625 points; the number who achieved 625 points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44992/21]

Written answers

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

The information requested by the Deputy is not held by my Department.

The CAO process applications for undergraduate courses on behalf of the Higher Education Institutions. Decisions on admissions are made by the HEIs who then instruct the CAO to make offers to successful candidates. Neither I nor my Department have a role in the operation of the CAO, and information on offers is held solely by the CAO and the HEIs.

Question No. 464 answered with Question No. 462.