Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has said 400-450 new offers will be required for students at third-level institutions following issues with the calculated grades system for Leaving Certificate students this year.
In a tweet, Mr Harris said he had just concluded a meeting with the Central Applications Office (CAO). He said that "between 400-450 new offers will be required".
The minister said the CAO will provide a "solution based" further update and timeline later today and he is meeting the Higher Education Authority today. Universities caution over places for impacted studentsReview finds third error in calculated grades systemThe week the calculated grades process unravelled Last week it emerged that a total of