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Tuesday, 6 December 2022

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Rose Conway-Walsh

Question:

429. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of part-time third level students by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60229/22]

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

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the attached spreadsheet for academic years 2010/2011 to 2021/2022, the most recent available, from the HEA student records system. Please note that the reference to unknown Ireland refers to where the domiciliary of the student was given as Ireland however, the county of origin was not provided.

Part-time enrolments by county

-	2010/2011	2011/2012	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022
Ireland (ROI)	30,572	32,176	33,427	34,217	34,187	35,395	35,304	38,057	40,615	43,690	47,246	43,454
Carlow	411	471	466	526	483	630	596	661	653	679	653	631
Cavan	228	246	279	252	279	301	321	388	449	429	554	476
Clare	732	685	688	782	716	762	804	772	1,005	1,129	1,230	1,126
Cork	3,467	4,030	4,293	4,923	4,774	4,853	5,033	5,262	5,505	6,165	6,678	5,980
Donegal	611	560	692	742	872	943	922	1,157	1,107	1,247	1,290	1,156
Dublin	9,337	9,715	9,695	9,843	10,076	10,424	9,689	10,248	11,388	12,402	13,722	12,594
Galway	2,719	2,717	3,069	3,181	3,554	2,869	3,434	3,920	2,870	3,082	3,011	2,705
Kerry	688	772	681	699	673	671	736	745	911	946	1,065	1,067
Kildare	1,447	1,620	1,699	1,682	1,723	1,795	1,747	1,926	2,047	2,183	2,483	2,342
Kilkenny	514	589	636	697	683	701	730	788	886	876	954	897
Laois	402	410	427	431	420	489	479	492	574	566	651	619
Leitrim	177	147	184	164	172	197	202	225	238	242	278	251
Limerick	1,202	1,120	1,146	1,337	1,236	1,246	1,311	1,350	1,514	1,875	1,990	1,886
Longford	223	230	241	196	210	254	212	285	314	307	305	281
Louth	573	634	681	688	669	779	741	750	876	1,041	1,216	1,037
Mayo	674	756	808	649	612	838	670	784	989	999	925	886
Meath	956	1,066	1,075	1,110	1,118	1,190	1,231	1,348	1,444	1,507	1,754	1,669
Monaghan	184	185	215	207	208	239	292	349	327	363	468	434
Offaly	416	374	384	425	461	488	456	518	603	600	588	545
Roscommon	408	380	419	398	382	444	393	486	475	540	534	505
Sligo	428	381	432	361	420	360	367	407	450	484	571	536
Tipperary	843	782	797	932	871	888	929	1,015	1,115	1,234	1,423	1,350
Unknown Ireland	449	874	1,043	617	147	242	372	35	395	217	7	10
Waterford	912	907	928	878	895	1,051	1,009	1,043	1,154	1,157	1,257	1,198
Westmeath	722	700	648	681	659	669	551	693	794	750	794	768
Wexford	930	938	821	857	813	987	936	1,168	1,245	1,352	1,380	1,165
Wicklow	919	887	980	959	1,061	1,085	1,141	1,242	1,287	1,318	1,465	1,340
Northern Ireland	249	200	216	310	311	248	206	263	399	464	470	475
Antrim	45	38	33	88	80	60	39	63	117	89	91	114
Armagh	24	26	35	34	32	22	26	34	20	29	49	31
Derry	45	38	31	70	65	50	46	57	123	185	144	114
Down	80	54	64	67	64	66	61	69	85	103	109	109
Fermanagh	10	13	11	17	13	21	15	20	33	27	34	44
Tyrone	45	31	42	34	57	29	19	20	21	31	43	63
Grand Total	30,821	32,376	33,643	34,527	34,498	35,643	35,510	38,320	41,014	44,154	47,716	43,929