Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
830. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 2148 of 27 July 2021, if all specified nursing places are in public institutes of higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41832/21]
View answerIn recognition of the particular circumstances faced by students this year, my Department worked with the HEA and the Higher Education Institutions to identify where additional places could be provided in the higher education system. As a result of this, together with the additional places created under the Human Capital Initiative, 4,650 places have been created across a wide range of courses which have helped ensure that more students than ever before could be offered a place on a higher education course.
While some places created under the HCI are in private third level institutions, all additional places created as a results of the engagement with HEA and HEIs are in publicly funded institutions. This includes all places created in nursing.
