Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 September 2021
294. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of medical training undergraduate places, by discipline available annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47226/21]
View answerThe Higher Education Authority (HEA) collects statistical data on the number of medical students in the higher education institutions. The HEA does not collect data on the various disciplines that they are studying.
The following tables shows the numbers of first year medical enrolments for the most recent academic years, broken down by domicile group.
|
Numbers of First Year Enrolments |
|
Domicile Group |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
|
(Other) EU |
14 |
13 |
14 |
13 |
|
Great Britain |
30 |
37 |
18 |
12 |
|
Ireland |
665 |
660 |
693 |
721 |
|
Non-EU |
579 |
598 |
620 |
649 |
|
Northern Ireland |
9 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
|
Unknown |
1 |
4 |
||
|
Total |
1,298 |
1,319 |
1,353 |
1,403 |
