Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 July 2020
99. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being put in place to ensure the CAO application process receives all official transcripts from students seeking to study medicine on time in circumstances in which transcripts will only be received by students on 14 August 2020, the hard copies of which must be physically with the CAO by 17 August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16149/20]
Amharc ar fhreagra104. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being put in place to ensure the CAO application process receives all official transcripts from students seeking to study medicine on time in circumstances in which transcripts will be received by students on 14 July 2020 the hard copies of which must be physically with the CAO by 17 July 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16225/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 99 and 104 together.
The Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are governed by the Universities Act 1997, the Institutes of Technologies Acts 1992 to 2006 and the Technological Universities Act 2018. Within the meaning of these Acts, higher education institutions are autonomous with regard to management of their academic affairs including admissions procedures. The CAO process applications for undergraduate, and some postgraduate, courses on behalf of the HEIs. Decisions on admissions are made by the HEIs who then instruct the CAO to make offers to successful candidates.
As such, neither I nor my Department has any role in relation to the operation of the CAO. Queries on these processes should be sent directly to the CAO, contact details for which can be found on their website www.cao.ie
