971 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the continued operation of a bogus academic institution calling itself the Irish International University which offers substandard worthless degrees and has been allowed to flourish in the United Kingdom for the past seven years; if she will confirm that her Department has never given approval under existing Irish law for the use of the word university in its title; if, having regard to the damage to the reputation of Irish universities and academics internationality, she will take legal action, under existing legislation, to deal with this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1465/08]

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971 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the continued operation of a bogus academic institution calling itself the Irish International University which offers substandard worthless degrees and has been allowed to flourish in the United Kingdom for the past seven years; if she will confirm that her Department has never given approval under existing Irish law for the use of the word university in its title; if, having regard to the damage to the reputation of Irish universities and academics internationality, she will take legal action, under existing legislation, to deal with this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1465/08]

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