Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1086. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 659 of 24 February, if he will provide assurances that the delay in issuing of the 2021 leaving certificate results will not disadvantage students in Northern Ireland from accessing third-level places here; if he has met his counterparts in Northern Ireland to discuss this; and the ongoing engagement between the two jurisdictions on this issue. [31899/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The timing of the Leaving Certificate results will not impact negatively on Northern Ireland students seeking to study here.

With respect to the questions of students with Leaving Certificates wishing to study in Northern Ireland, it is important to note that the latest date for the acceptance of conditional offers within the UCAS system is 8^thSeptember 2021. The publication of the Leaving Certificate results is 3^rdSeptember.

Last week, officials from my Department have contacted the Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Queens University Belfast (QUB), University of Ulster (UU), St Mary’s University College (SMUC) and Stranmillis University College to confirm that Irish Leaving Certificate candidates will be processed without any difficulty, and at this stage, QUB and UU have confirmed that no issue will arise. Based on last year’s experience, when the Leaving Certificate results were published on 7^thSeptember 2020, I do not anticipate any issues with the remaining two colleges.