Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
1048. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the options that are available to students applying to NUI colleges who have a dyslexia and dyscalculia diagnosis and an Irish exemption recommendation from an educational psychologist but have not been granted an Irish exemption by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1528/23]
View answerHigher Education Institutions are autonomous bodies within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997, the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006, and the Technological Universities Act 2018. As such they are autonomous in relation to their administrative and academic affairs, and admissions policy offered by any institution, including special exemption requirements, are a matter for the individual institutions to determine. If exemptions are issued at secondary level it would fall under the remit of the Department of Education.
In order to acquire further details on this matter I would suggest contacting the NUI directly. Further information on the process for applying for an exemption can be found on the NUI website: www.nui.ie/college/entry-requirements.asp.
