Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 22 Oct 1996

Vol. 470 No. 4

Written Answers. - Third Level Students.

Batt O'Keeffe

Ceist:

175 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education the number of students from Cork city and county attending Tralee regional technical college, Waterford regional technical college, Limerick University and the College of Technology; and the total number of students in each of these colleges. [19141/96]

Minister for Education (Ms Bhreathnach)

The data required by the Deputy is supplied in the tables below.

Table 1 — Number of full-time third level students with domiciliary origin in Cork city and county attending Tralee regional technical college, Waterford regional technical college and Limerick University in the Academic year 1995-96.

Institution	No. of Students
Tralee regional technical college	485
Waterford regional technical college	248
Limerick University	947*

*The figure for Thomond College is included in the total figure for Limerick University.

The breakdown of data is unavailable on a city and county basis; the figures provided refer to the Cork region in its entirely, (i.e. city and county together).

Table 2 — Number of full-time third level students enrolled in Tralee regional technical college, Waterford regional technical college and Limerick University in the Academic year 1995-96.

Institution	No. of Students
Tralee regional technical college	2,115
Waterford regional technical college	3,737
Limerick University	7,465*

*The figure for Thomond College is included in the total figure for Limerick University.