Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in respect of the case of a person (details supplied). [41104/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The DARE scheme is operated by the Irish Universities Association, on behalf of the higher education institutions which set out the policy criteria for the scheme.

Each institution determines its own admissions policy, the number of places to be reserved, the allocation of those places, and the review and appeals processes. Applications to the scheme are submitted to the Central Applications Office (CAO) who coordinate the scheme for participating institutions. The correspondence submitted to me by the Deputy indicates that CAO has advised the person of their decision on his appeal of the original decision.

Because of the independent nature of the process, I am not in a position to intervene. This does not of course affect the persons ability to apply under the normal CAO process for a place in Further and Higher Education.