asked the Minister for Education if he will state in relation to each institution where educational grants are tenable (a) the number of students in each faculty or separate section, if any, holding such grants and (b) this number expressed as a percentage of the total number of students in such faculty or section as the case may be.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Higher Education Grants.
66.
Particulars of higher education grants held in the current academic year have not yet been furnished by all local authorities. Information as sought by the Deputy is set out, in relation to the academic year 1970-71, in the form of a tabular statement which with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I will have circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Students holding Higher Education Grants in the Academic Year 1970-71.
University College, Dublin.
|
Faculty |
Total number of Students in the Faculty |
Number holding higher education grants |
Percentage holding higher education grants |
|
% |
|||
|
Arts (including Music) |
3,021 |
504 |
16.7 |
|
Commerce |
908 |
211 |
23.2 |
|
Science (including Pharmacy) |
939 |
244 |
26 |
|
Engineering |
629 |
233 |
37 |
|
Medicine |
1,030 |
82 |
8 |
|
Agriculture |
393 |
38 |
9.7 |
|
Law |
349 |
16 |
4.6 |
|
Dentistry |
161 |
8 |
5 |
|
Architecture |
177 |
34 |
19.2 |
|
Social Science |
342 |
84 |
24.6 |
|
Veterinary Medicine |
353 |
56 |
15.9 |
University College, Cork.
|
Faculty |
Total number of Students in the Faculty |
Number holding higher education grants |
Percentage holding higher education grants |
|
% |
|||
|
Arts |
1,683 |
424 |
25.2 |
|
Commerce |
400 |
131 |
32.8 |
|
Science |
379 |
120 |
31.7 |
|
Social Science |
77 |
18 |
23.4 |
|
Dairy Science |
68 |
3 |
4.4 |
|
Engineering |
324 |
139 |
42.9 |
|
Medicine |
411 |
65 |
15.8 |
|
Law |
72 |
12 |
16.7 |
|
Dentistry |
98 |
12 |
12.2 |
|
Agriculture |
38 |
19 |
50.0 |
|
Music |
47 |
7 |
14.9 |
University College, Galway.
|
Faculty |
Total number of Students in the Faculty |
Number holding higher education grants |
Percentage holding higher education grants |
|
% |
|||
|
Arts |
1,585 |
332 |
20.9 |
|
Commerce |
276 |
83 |
30.1 |
|
Science |
421 |
109 |
25.9 |
|
Engineering |
172 |
69 |
40.1 |
|
Medicine |
491 |
88 |
17.9 |
|
Agriculture |
60 |
30 |
50.0 |
|
Dentistry |
6 |
3 |
50.0 |
Trinity College, Dublin.
|
Faculty |
Total number of Students in the Faculty |
Number holding higher education grants |
Percentage holding higher education grants |
|
% |
|||
|
Arts |
2,119 |
120 |
5.7 |
|
Commerce |
395 |
26 |
6.6 |
|
Science |
448 |
49 |
10.9 |
|
Engineering |
231 |
34 |
14.7 |
|
Medicine |
493 |
20 |
4.1 |
|
Social Science |
76 |
3 |
3.9 |
|
Veterinary Medicine |
67 |
5 |
7.5 |
|
Law |
77 |
2 |
2.6 |
St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
|
Faculty |
Total number of Students in the Faculty |
Number holding higher education grants |
Percentage holding higher education grants |
|
% |
|||
|
Arts |
649 |
87 |
13.4 |
|
Science |
62 |
20 |
32.3 |
College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin.
|
Faculty |
Total number of Students in the Faculty |
Number holding higher education grants |
Percentage holding higher education grants |
|
% |
|||
|
Architecture |
202 |
5 |
2.5 |
|
Engineering |
108 |
6 |
5.6 |
College of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin.
|
Faculty |
Total number of Students in the Faculty |
Number holding higher education grants |
Percentage holding higher education grants |
|
% |
|||
|
Engineering |
56 |
2 |
3.6 |
College of Surgeons, Dublin.
|
Faculty |
Total number of Students in the Faculty |
Number holding higher education grants |
Percentage holding higher education grants |
|
% |
|||
|
Medicine |
793 |
5 |
0.6 |
New University of Ulster, Coleraine.
|
Faculty |
Total number of Students in the Faculty |
Number holding higher education grants |
Percentage holding higher education grants |
|
% |
|||
|
Arts |
Information not available |
3 |
Information not available |
|
Social Science |
,, |
1 |
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