Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 November 2021
503. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of students accepted from further education and training pre-law courses into undergraduate law programmes in public higher education institutions each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54162/21]
View answerThis information is not held by my Department. The majority of our statistics on higher education enrolments are drawn from the Student Records System (SRS) of the HEA, and the basis of entry into higher education is not recorded on the SRS.
In 2017/18, the most recent year for which this data is available, 7.3% of students entered higher education on the basis of a further education qualification. A breakdown by course area is not available.
Many courses, including law courses, reserve a number of places for entrants from further education. The number of places reserved on any course for FET entrants is a matter for each institution, in line with their autonomy. Details on the courses offering entry to applicants on the basis of FET qualifications, and the entry requirements, can be found on the CAO website at the following link: www.cao.ie/index.php?page=fetac_search
