The HEA collect data on enrolments of students with a disability data by way of the Equal Access Survey for full-time undergraduate 1st year new entrants, where respondents can self-identify as having a disability. This survey does not provide details on how many of these students came from the Irish second level school system.
The table attached gives the undergraduate data for the most recent years available. The data given for the 2019/20 year is the latest available. Data is not available for 2018/19 as the Equal Access Survey was anonymised that year due to data protection concerns.
FT UG 1st Year New Entrants
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2016/2017
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2017/2018
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2019/2020
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Responded yes to disabled in Equal Access Survey
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4,459
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4,155
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5,305
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