John McGuinness
Ceist:383 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be investigated in view of the fact that his leaving certificate points were upgraded to 500 following a recheck and was not in time to be considered for a place on the course in Dublin Institute of Technology; the way in which these students should be treated by third level institutions in view of their late entry into the competition for places and who now find themselves excluded and in some cases have to take up positions outside of this jurisdiction; his views on whether the students affected should have a facility available to them to allow the third level institute to consider their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26657/98]