Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2006
659 Mr. Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Science the level of participation on a county basis in third level education both on a numbers and a percentage basis for the years 2006, 2000 and 1995; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25668/06]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is in the following table. The earliest data available are for 1998/99 and the latest available are for 2003/2004. Data for both of these years have been supplied along with those for 2000/2001.
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1998/99 |
2000/2001 |
2003/2004 |
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Total |
% |
Total |
% |
Total |
% |
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Connaught |
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Galway |
7,213 |
6.6 |
8,278 |
7.0 |
9,222 |
7.0 |
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Leitrim |
809 |
0.7 |
908 |
0.8 |
1,084 |
0.8 |
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Mayo |
3,925 |
3.6 |
4,426 |
3.8 |
5,128 |
3.9 |
|
Roscommon |
1,935 |
1.8 |
2,024 |
1.7 |
2,216 |
1.7 |
|
Sligo |
1,896 |
1.7 |
2,229 |
1.9 |
2,441 |
1.9 |
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Leinster |
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Carlow |
1,320 |
1.2 |
1,491 |
1.3 |
1,590 |
1.2 |
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Dublin |
25,902 |
23.8 |
27,018 |
23.0 |
30,469 |
23.1 |
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Kildare |
3,846 |
3.5 |
4,354 |
3.7 |
5,261 |
4.0 |
|
Kilkenny |
2,116 |
1.9 |
2,427 |
2.1 |
2,733 |
2.1 |
|
Laois |
1,427 |
1.3 |
1,576 |
1.3 |
1,798 |
1.4 |
|
Longford |
1,098 |
1.0 |
1,096 |
0.9 |
1,265 |
1.0 |
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Louth |
2,369 |
2.2 |
2,594 |
2.2 |
3,132 |
2.4 |
|
Meath |
3,392 |
3.1 |
3,519 |
3.0 |
4,391 |
3.3 |
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Offaly |
1,712 |
1.6 |
1,829 |
1.6 |
1,972 |
1.5 |
|
Westmeath |
2,179 |
2.0 |
2,301 |
2.0 |
2,595 |
2.0 |
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Wexford |
3,095 |
2.8 |
3,224 |
2.7 |
3,563 |
2.7 |
|
Wicklow |
2,826 |
2.6 |
2,848 |
2.4 |
3,195 |
2.4 |
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Munster |
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Clare |
3,292 |
3.0 |
3,597 |
3.1 |
4,055 |
3.1 |
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Cork |
13,890 |
12.8 |
15,123 |
12.9 |
16,426 |
12.5 |
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Kerry |
4,679 |
4.3 |
4,900 |
4.2 |
5,433 |
4.1 |
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Limerick |
5,720 |
5.3 |
6,074 |
5.2 |
6,572 |
5.0 |
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Tipperary |
4,576 |
4.2 |
4,869 |
4.1 |
5,008 |
3.8 |
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Waterford |
2,842 |
2.6 |
2,986 |
2.5 |
3,356 |
2.5 |
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Ulster |
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Antrim |
286 |
0.3 |
265 |
0.2 |
243 |
0.2 |
|
Armagh |
91 |
0.1 |
97 |
0.1 |
98 |
0.1 |
|
Cavan |
1,435 |
1.3 |
1,727 |
1.5 |
1,968 |
1.5 |
|
Derry |
153 |
0.1 |
143 |
0.1 |
173 |
0.1 |
|
Donegal |
3,002 |
2.8 |
3,625 |
3.1 |
3,932 |
3.0 |
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Down |
300 |
0.3 |
306 |
0.3 |
304 |
0.2 |
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Fermanagh |
91 |
0.1 |
95 |
0.1 |
112 |
0.1 |
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Monaghan |
1,250 |
1.1 |
1,345 |
1.1 |
1,577 |
1.2 |
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Tyrone |
163 |
0.1 |
181 |
0.2 |
148 |
0.1 |
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Unspecified (Ireland) |
191 |
0.1 |
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TOTALS |
108,830 |
117,475 |
131,651 |
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of which N. Ireland |
1,084 |
1,087 |
1,078 |
