Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a student (details supplied) has not received a third level place in the 2008-2009 academic year. [36288/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The responsibility for managing access to third level places rests with the Central Applications Office (CAO) and the third level institutions generally. The higher education institutions have delegated to the CAO the task of processing applications to their first year undergraduate courses. However, the participating institutions retain the function of making decisions on admissions. Neither my Department nor the Higher Education Authority has any role to play in relation to the operation of the CAO or the admissions policies of third level institutions.