Brian Walsh (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an external investigation being conducted into an alleged incident of cheating at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology last year; the reasons for the delay in its conclusion; and if the findings of that investigation will be published in the interests of transparency and the integrity of the institution. [36472/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Institutes of Technology are autonomous statutory bodies established under the Institutes of Technology Act 2006. An Institute's academic council has statutory responsibility to protect, maintain and develop the academic standards of the institute and, subject to the approval of the Governing Body, for the making of academic regulations of the Institute including those governing the conduct of examinations. Accordingly the investigation of allegations of cheating is a matter for the Institute's management authorities and its academic council and neither my Department nor I have any role in the matter.