Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2024
657. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places for student nurses in Irish universities for each of the past ten years; and how many of these are used for international students. [22469/24]
View answerEnrolment data in Nursing and Midwifery by domicile is presented in the table below.
This data was sourced from the HEA student records system and is the most up to date available. This data contains nursing enrolments on nursing programmes which are recognised by the regulator the Nursing and Midwifery Board Ireland.
The proportion of these enrolments which have Ireland as a domicile is consistently 98%.
|
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
|
|
TOTAL |
5,980 |
6,010 |
6,085 |
6,380 |
6,615 |
6,845 |
7,170 |
7,300 |
7,300 |
|
(Other) EU |
10 |
20 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
20 |
20 |
30 |
30 |
|
Great Britain |
20 |
25 |
10 |
15 |
25 |
10 |
20 |
10 |
5 |
|
Ireland |
5,890 |
5,900 |
5,990 |
6,280 |
6,510 |
6,755 |
7,050 |
7,170 |
7,185 |
|
Non-EU |
25 |
25 |
25 |
30 |
30 |
20 |
25 |
35 |
40 |
|
Northern Ireland |
35 |
40 |
30 |
25 |
25 |
45 |
55 |
60 |
45 |
|
Unknown |
- |
5 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
