Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available for first year veterinary medicine in UCD each year; the number allocated to students in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18836/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous and manage their own academic affairs including admissions procedures. The CAO process applications for undergraduate courses on behalf of the HEIs. Decisions on admissions are made by the HEIs who then instruct the CAO to make offers to successful candidates. The number of places offered is a given course is a matter for the HEI in question.

According to information available on the UCD website the average intake in veterinary medicine is 82. The number of these allocated to students in Northern Ireland is a matter for UCD, as an autonomous institution.