Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael)
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On transitioning into college over two years, would there be any merit in something in this regard being marked on CAO applications or when college places are accepted? Ms Tonge indicated the colleges only find out about people when they are already in college, perhaps after several weeks. Would there be any merit in earlier notification? I do not know if putting this type of information on paper when a college place is accepted would give rise to GDPR issues. Could the process be adjusted to deal with cases where students have not ticked the DARE box on their CAO applications?

As we have heard from many people, there are insufficient supports in the third-level sector as a whole. The services and supports being provided by UCD are unique. They are not available in all the other colleges, although their representatives have said this is something they wish to provide and are seeking extra funding to enable them to do so.

We heard that 10% of the student cohort have autism. That is high compared with the national average.