Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 3 Nov 1998

Vol. 495 No. 7

Written Answers. - Schools of Nursing.

Donal Carey

Ceist:

477 Mr. D. Carey asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing schools under the aegis of his Department; whether general medicine, midwifery, childcare or psychiatry; the number of pupils who will begin in the term 1998-9; and the number who commenced in the year 1997-8. [21930/98]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Cowen)

There are a total of forty-eight schools of nursing approved by An Bord Altranais for nurse training, broken down as follows:

General Nursing	20
Psychiatric Nursing	10
Mental Handicap	8
Midwifery	7
Sick Children's	3

The number of nursing students who commenced in the general, psychiatric, midwifery and sick children's schools of nursing for the years 1997-98 and 1998-99 are listed below:

School of Nursing

	General	Psychiatric	Midwifery	Sick Children's
1997-98	719	91	176	120
1998-99	758	92	*	*

*The number of students for midwifery and sick children's nursing in 1998-99 is not yet available. As soon as it becomes available I will forward it to the Deputy.