Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 1727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intervene on the decision by Trinity College Dublin to close the three-year acting degree. [2902/07]

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.