Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the resources can be provided to provide an additional veterinary studies centre in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25312/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department is actively engaging with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) about the demand for higher education places in 2021 and will take action as necessary to ensure the availability of a full range of further and higher education options for applicants in 2021 and beyond.

However the HEIs are autonomous bodies under the Universities Act 1997, the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006 and the Technological Universities Act 2018. Under this legislation the HEIs are administratively and academically independent and ultimately the decision on the courses provided rests with the individual institutions. It is not within my remit to direct a HEI as to the courses they offer.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the 708 Irish and EU entrants studying medicine each year in each institution and course, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25375/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is available in the attached table.