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4
Restrictions on Application:
A)
Restricted-Application Courses:
Certain courses are Restricted-Application Courses. They
have early assessment procedures - which may start as
early as February - and, therefore, must be mentioned in an
application in time for HEIs to arrange these procedures.
You must check the relevant prospectus for details.
In the lists of courses on the yellow pages, these courses
are identified by the words “(Restricted - see page 4)”.
WARNING:
An application for a Restricted-Application Course will
not be considered unless
a)
it has been included among your original course
choices by 1st February
or
b)
it has been added to your existing application
not later than the final date for correction of errors or
omissions (see Pages 16 and 18). This date will
normally be 1st March and it is your responsibility to
ensure that any Restricted-Application Courses are
present and correct by that date.
Restricted-Application Courses which are included in Late
Applications are invalid choices and will not be
considered.
Exception: If a restricted course shares the exact same
assessment procedures with a course you had
applied for (fulfilling conditions a) or b)
above), you may be permitted to introduce it
on a Change of Mind.
You should consult with the relevant HEI
before introducing such a course.
B)
Restricted Categories of Applicant:
1)
Mature Applicants:
Mature applicants are those seeking entry on grounds
of mature years. In all cases, before applying on mature
grounds, you should contact the Admissions Office or
Mature Students Officer of the appropriate HEIs well
in advance of application closing dates.
Normally you should be 23 years old on or before 1st
January 2010 for admission in Autumn 2010 and you
must apply by
1st February 2010. However, some
HEIs may have a different age requirement, different
definitions of mature applicants, etc., and some will
consider applications received after 1st February 2010
(but not for nursing/midwifery mature course
codes).
Mature applicants (except in the case of
nursing/midwifery courses) should apply direct to the
HEIs shown on Page 6 of this Handbook.
Mature applicants for nursing/midwifery must apply
for such courses through CAO by 1st February 2010.
Restrictions on Application (continued):
2)
Applicants Presenting Certain Qualifications:
There are restrictions on certain applicants for courses
in the list of HEIs shown below. These are applicants
who are presenting examinations/qualifications other
than Irish Leaving Certificate, Northern Ireland or
British GCEs, FETAC Level 5/6.
The restrictions are the same as for Restricted-
Application Courses shown in the section
“WARNING”.
The HEIs concerned are :
The Institutes of Technology in Athlone, Carlow,
Dundalk, Dun Laoghaire, Galway-Mayo,
Letterkenny, Limerick, Sligo, Tallaght, Tralee
and Waterford, as well as Tipperary Institute.
NOTE: See page 7 & 8 regarding application for supplementary
admissions routes for applicants with a disability/specific
learning difficulty, and socio-economic disadvantage.
Mature Applicants for Nursing/Midwifery:
1.
For each nursing/midwifery course, a quota of places is
allocated specifically for applicants on grounds of
mature years, i.e. 23 years old on or before 1st
January 2010.
If you wish to be considered for such a place on
grounds of mature years, you must enter in your list of
course choices the appropriate mature applicant
course codes for nursing/midwifery; these are different
from
the standard course codes. Failure to use the
correct codes will prevent consideration as a mature
applicant.
2.
In addition, mature applicants may also be considered
on the basis of educational qualifications. If you wish
to be considered in this way, you must enter the
appropriate standard course codes for
nursing/midwifery. Failure to use the correct codes
will prevent consideration on the basis of
educational qualifications.
3.
Applicants who wish to be considered under both
categories must enter BOTH appropriate course codes.
Note that, only ONE course code may appear in a
preference box; a single course code is a preference.
4.
The terms of the section in the previous column
entitled “WARNING” in relation to Restricted-
Application Courses apply also to mature applicant
course codes.
5.
Details about procedures, written assessment and
interview, are available from the Nursing Careers
Centre (NCC).
If you have not heard from the NCC by 18th March,
please contact them (contact details are available on
the inside front cover of this Handbook).
General Information