Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with DCU on the complaints made by the embassies of Georgia and Ukraine regarding their teaching of a course on the geopolitics of the Caucasus and Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21028/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The position is that universities are autonomous bodies within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997, and the management of their academic affairs, including the delivery of courses are matters for the individual institutions. The institutions' governance and their day-to-day management are matters for which the Governing Bodies and the management of the relevant institutions are responsible. 

It would not be appropriate therefore for me to engage in these matters. Academic freedom is a cornerstone of our higher education sector.