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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 24 Mar 1998

Vol. 488 No. 7

Written Answers. - Northern Ireland Students.

Marian McGennis

Question:

420 Ms M. McGennis asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students from Northern Ireland studying in each college and university in this jurisdiction over the last five years. [7254/98]

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular format.

Students from Northern Ireland enrolled in full-time 3rd level courses in Institutes of Technology and Universities.

Institute of Technology

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

Athlone

0

0

4

Cork

8

2

2

Dundalk

2

1

2

Galway

3

2

3

Sligo

2

2

2

Letterkenny

0

0

3

Waterford

1

1

0

Total

16

8

16

Data for each individual Institute of Technology for 1992-93 and 1993-94 are not readily available but in these years a total of 20 and 15 Northern Ireland students respectively were enrolled in the Institutes.

Universities

1992-93

1993-94

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

NUI, Dublin

177

317

227

233

232

NUI, Cork

24

40

25

21

25

NUI, Galway

25

72

35

34

33

TCD

433

549

581

595

634

DCU

15

44

17

13

23

UL

4

23

11

12

11

NUI, Maynooth

25

81

24

25

26

NCAD

34

56

47

55

43

Total

737

1,182

967

988

1,027

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