Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister made a point about people who might not get the points and who might go through a different avenue. I dealt with a case this year of a girl who went through Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa and got the maximum results there. The problem was about getting into University College Cork, UCC, to become part of the physical education, PE, programme and become a PE teacher. The course was oversubscribed, there had to be a lottery and she did not make it. The problem for that young lady is that even if she applies this year, it will be a lottery again. This is a person who has done everything right and followed the procedures. For anomalies like that, can a solution be found for the likes of that young woman? I know she wants to do PE teaching but at the moment she is back in a lottery.

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