Further and Higher Education

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Questions (1084)

Seán Sherlock

Question:

1084. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of non-EU students who enrolled in higher education in each of the past two years. [31895/21]

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Written answers

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

The information the Deputy is seeking is not held by the Department. The Higher Education Authority (HEA) collates data in relation international students studying in public higher education institutions in Ireland each year, and this information is available on the statistics page of their website

https://hea.ie/statistics/data-for-download-and-visualisations/enrolments/ (under 'International Enrolments').

Please note that figures for the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic year are not yet published on the HEA website.