Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a fourth year mental health nursing course has been terminated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47621/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to HEA designated higher education institutions. The HEA allocates this funding as a block grant to the institutions.

As autonomous bodies, the internal disbursement of this funding, including decisions regarding academic affairs, is a matter for the individual institution. Neither the Minister nor the Department has a role in relation to such matters. Therefore, the student should contact the institution in the first instance.