Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
1832. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of education and training institutes providing QQI level 5 healthcare assistant; and the cost of these courses respectively in each of the years since 2020, by provider, in tabular form. [18227/23]
View answerThe below table sets out the number of providers offering awards at Level 5 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) in Healthcare Support and in Health Service Skills alongside the number of learners who obtained these award in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
|
Year |
No. of Providers |
Learners |
|
2020 |
40 |
2,389 |
|
2021 |
41 |
2,785 |
|
2022 |
41 |
2,838 |
Neither the Department nor QQI hold data on the costs associated with these programmes. All fees and charges associated with such programmes would be determined and set by the programme providers.
Further information on programmes included in the NFQ and who provides them can be found on the Irish Register of Qualifications (irq.ie/). Statistical data on QQI awards is available on the agency’s online infographics portal (infographics.qqi.ie/).
