asked the Minister for Education if he will state in respect of each of the last five years the total sum expended by (a) the State, and (b) the local authorities on university education, and the number of students registered at each college.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Expenditure on University Education.
As the Department of Education is not directly responsible for the administration of grants to the universities I can only refer the Deputy to the most recent issues of the Appropriation Accounts and the Local Taxation Returns for information regarding the amount expended by the State and local authorities respectively on university education.
(a) The five most recent issues of the Appropriation Accounts show the amount expended by the State on university education to be—
|
in 1933/4 |
— £190,010 |
|
,, 1932/3 |
— £192,113 |
|
,, 1931/2 |
— £196,479 |
|
,, 1930/1 |
— £202,793 |
|
,, 1929/30 |
— £207,323. |
(b) The five most recent issues of the Local Taxation Returns show the net expenditure from Revenue of the Principal Local Bodies on university education to be:—
|
1932/3 |
— £14,920 |
|
1931/2 |
— £14,026 |
|
1930/1 |
— £14,644 |
|
1929/30 |
— £16,144 |
|
1928/9 |
— £16,064. |
The number of students (matriculated and non-matriculated) in attendance at each of the colleges of the National University of Ireland and at the University of Dublin was:—
|
YEAR |
National University |
University of Dublin |
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|
University College, Dublin |
University College, Cork |
University College, Galway |
St. Patrick's College, Maynooth |
Trinity College, Dublin |
|
|
1932-33 |
1957 |
781 |
592 |
540 |
1624 |
|
1931-32 |
1913 |
679 |
570 |
525 |
1477 |
|
1930-31 |
1684 |
617 |
555 |
530 |
1455 |
|
1929-30 |
1520 |
565 |
454 |
503 |
1357 |
|
1928-29 |
1358 |
510 |
355 |
499 |
1309 |