Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of higher diploma places available in third level institutions; the budget allocated for the delivery of the higher diploma in education in third-level institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8665/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that in four of the third level institutions running the Higher Diploma in Education the title of the course is "Post Graduate Diploma in Education", while in the University of Dublin/Trinity College the title remains "Higher Diploma in Education".

The current quota for admissions for the programmes is 1,000 annually on these courses in the third level institutions concerned.

Third level institutions are autonomous bodies and my Department does not have any function in their day to day operational affairs. The institutions receive a block grant from the Higher Education Authority and it is a matter for each institution to determine how it is allocated internally.