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Third Level Education

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 October 2020

Thursday, 22 October 2020

Ceisteanna (134)

Gary Gannon

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134. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who received a new offer through CAO as a result of the upgraded marks from the 18 students following the leaving certificate calculated grades appeals process that were upgraded. [32281/20]

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Higher Education institutions are autonomous and determine their own procedures for admission.  The CAO process applications for undergraduate, and some postgraduate, courses on their behalf. 

Decisions on admissions are made by the higher education institutions who then instruct the CAO to make offers to successful candidates. Therefore neither I nor my Department have a function in relation to such matters and information on CAO offers is not held in my Department.

I understand, based on the information available to me, that all students whose improved grades following the appeals process entitled them to a higher preference CAO offer have received an offer to take up a place in their new course in the current academic year.

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