Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change) | Oireachtas source

On 9 August approximately 80 students on Dublin Business School's applied social care programme were sent an email notifying them the CORU board did not deem the programme as sufficient to meet its requirements to provide an approved qualification at this time. This came as a big shock to the students. I heard the Minister, Deputy Harris, on the radio on 31 August explaining the situation. He recognised that the main priority of the students was to try to get registered. I have received an email from Sarah Downing of the Fatima Day Care Centre. On Tuesday she received an email from Dublin Business School stating it had no further update to provide from Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, and detailing the transfer options being investigated. She has sought a transfer to another college. At this stage the students still do not know what is the situation. Will the Minister give us an update on it? What is he doing to intervene, especially with regard to the college as it is something in which he can intervene?

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