Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 29 Nov 2000

Vol. 527 No. 1

Written Answers. - Institutes of Technology.

John McGuinness

Ceist:

140 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will define the socio-economic breakdown of students attending Waterford Institute of Technology for the year 1999-2000; the number of full time students at the Institute in receipt of grants for the period 1999-2000, excluding day release students if they are included in the count of full time students; the breakdown of these grants in respect of higher education grant, vocational educational committee and others; the percentage breakdown of students attending the Institute on a county basis for the same period; and the number of full time male and female students per department. [27884/00]

Minister for Education and Science (Dr. Woods)

The socio-economic background data for third-level students attending institutes of technology for the 1999-2000 academic year is available in respect of new entrants only.

The following table shows details of the socio-economic background of new entrants to Waterford Institute of Technology, in respect of the 1999-2000 academic year; the number, and percentage breakdown, of students attending the Institute on a county basis for the same period; the number of full time students by gender and discipline; the number of full time students in receipt of grants for the period 1999-2000, including the breakdown of these grants by scheme.

Table 1 – Waterford IT – New Entrants to full-time courses by Aid Category and Socio-Economic Background in 1999-2000

Socio-Economic Background/Aid Category	HigherEducationGrants	VocationalEducationalCommittee	EuropeanSocialFund	No Grants/Scholarships	OverallTotal
Farmers	30	12	77	201	320
Agricultural Workers	1	1	8	14	24
Higher Professional	0	2	6	66	74
Lower Professional	5	4	17	142	168
Employers & Managers	6	4	14	177	201
Salaried Employees	4	1	11	46	62
Intermediate Non-Manual	5	5	21	116	147
Other Non-Manual	2	4	32	50	88
Skilled Manual	21	15	104	188	328
Semi-Skilled Manual	13	4	46	68	131
Unskilled Manual	9	3	49	47	108
Unknown & Other	27	10	115	266	418
Total	123	65	500	1,381	2,069

Table 2 – Domiciliary Origin of full-time students in third-level courses attending Waterford Institute of Technology in the 1999-2000 academic year.

County of Origin	Number ofstudents	Percentage ofTotal
Galway	72	1.39
Leitrim	13	0.25
Mayo	48	0.93
Roscommon	28	0.54
Sligo	11	0.21
Carlow	122	2.35
Dublin	230	4.44
Kildare	212	4.09
Kilkenny	504	9.73
Laois	123	2.37
Longford	11	0.21
Louth	34	0.66
Meath	98	1.89
Offaly	76	1.47
Westmeath	65	1.25
Wexford	909	17.54
Wicklow	178	3.43
Clare	113	2.18
Cork	373	7.20
Kerry	91	1.76
Limerick	145	2.80
Tipperary	569	10.98
Waterford	1,083	20.90
Donegal	15	0.29
Cavan	39	0.75
Monaghan	19	0.37
Antrim	1	0.02
Armagh	0	0
Derry	0	0
Down	0	0
Fermanagh	0	0
Tyrone	0	0
Total	5,182	100%

The overall enrolment in the college including students from outside Ireland is 5,280.

Table 3 – Number of full-time students in third-level courses by gender and discipline in the academic year 1999-2000 in Waterford Institute of Technology.

Discipline Studied	Male	Female	Total
Business & Humanities	990	1,704	2,694
Science	191	332	523
Engineering	889	180	1,069
Computing	542	326	868
Other	88	38	126
Total	2,700	2,580	5,280

Table 4 – Number of full time students in receipt of grants for the academic year 1999-2000

Grant Type	No of Students
Higher Education Grant	456
VEC Scholarship	591
ESF-aided Grant Scheme for Trainees	1,427