Recognising the difficulty applicants and schools are facing due to extended periods of school closure, temporary changes have been made to the 2021 DARE process to help students to make their applications. To ensure supporting documentation reaches CAO in time for the March 15th deadline, DARE has made the following two changes to Section B Educational Impact Statement (EIS)
- Schools can now electronically sign off students’ supporting documentation. For further details please click here; and
- Students applying with Specific Learning Difficulties can now use literacy or numeracy attainment test scores which are up to three years older than those originally sought (from 2016 instead of 2019). For further details please click here
If you require any further clarification, you can contact a participating HEI here
DARE / HEAR 2020: Leaving Certificate 2020 Calculated Grades Process Errors
Neither DARE nor HEAR eligibility is affected by the errors in the Leaving Certificate 2020 Calculated Grades process. When the revised Leaving Certificate calculated grades are provided to the CAO, DARE / HEAR eligible applicants will continue to be treated by the CAO in future rounds of offers as before.
(Friday 2 October 2020)
If your application for DARE and/or HEAR was deemed ineligible, you can make a Review and Appeal application.
For further details of how to make a Review and Appeal application for DARE click here.
If you need some advice or support in making your DARE Review and Appeal application, you can get in touch with an advisor at one of our participating colleges here.
For further details of how to make a Review and Appeal application for HEAR click here.
If you need some advice or support in making your DARE Review and Appeal application, you can get in touch with an advisor at one of our participating colleges here.
The 2020 CAO On-line Application Facility is now open.
Online applications to both DARE and HEAR can be made on www.cao.ie until 17:15 on 1 March.
