Michael Ring
Ceist:361 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person who holds an honours degree from Sligo IT in environmental science cannot go on to do a higher diploma in education, yet if somebody had studied the same degree in environmental science in either NUI Galway, UCC or the University of Limerick he or she could apply for the higher diploma; if he will investigate this anomaly; the reason for this discrimination against IT graduates; and if it was not the understanding that all degrees were the same. [19972/02]