Seán Ardagh (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the BA evening degree in Irish at UCD has been cancelled; and if she will use all the resources available to her and to her Department to persuade the governing body of UCD to reverse this decision (details supplied). [30434/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that the universities are autonomous institutions and my Department does not have any function in their day to day operational affairs. The universities receive a block grant from the Higher Education Authority and it is a matter for each institution to determine how it is allocated internally.