Dáil debates
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Education and Training Provision
10:35 pm
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
There are a few things here. Another piece in the Irish Examiner reads:
The IDA said this school is “instrumental” in providing care to thousands of patients and training students.
“We urge the Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris, the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, and all relevant Government departments to acknowledge that the UCC Dental School can no longer reside in an aging building with outdated equipment and allocate adequate funding to allow for the original plans to proceed,”...
It was also said that "even students who earn the maximum of 625 points may not get a place." There is obviously a serious issue if that is the case in respect of those getting 625 points. Will the Minister respond to that? Has a graduate entry course ever been considered? What are the Minister's views on that?
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