Third Level Education

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 July 2022

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Questions (65)

Pádraig O'Sullivan

Question:

65. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of health care courses or programmes available to persons wishing to enter or remain in therapy disciplines including speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social workers and psychology; the number of course places available in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36284/22]

Written answers

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

The following enrolment data was sourced from the HEA SRS database.

A list of courses available in the therapy disciplines requested is contained in the attached spreadsheet.

Table 1: Enrolments by Discipline
Enrolments by Discipline	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021
Speech and Language	463	478	477
Occupational Therapy	498	487	504
Physiotherapy	819	822	834
Social Workers	5090	4958	5152
Psychology	3055	3234	3530

Table 2: Courses by Discipline
Courses by Discipline	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021
Speech and Language	11	11	10
Occupational Therapy	8	9	9
Physiotherapy	11	11	12
Social Workers	40	55	53
Psychology	79	78	78

enrolments