Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous and manage their own academic affairs. Under The Universities Act 1997 legislation the institutions are academically independent and are entitled to regulate their own academic affairs and administrative processes and neither I, nor my Department, have a role in these internal processes.

I would encourage the student to make contact with the University of Limerick to seek clarity. If the student is still unsatisfied there is an option to appeal that decision to the Ombudsman.