Third Level Education.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 April 2005

Thursday, 28 April 2005

Ceisteanna (234)

Jan O'Sullivan

Ceist:

234 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the numbers of students studying full-time courses and the number studying part-time courses in the universities and institutes of technology in 1997, 2002 and 2004. [13807/05]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education and Science (Ms Hanafin)

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. It should be noted that completed data are not yet available to my Department for the current academic year and accordingly data for 2003-04 has been provided.

Number of full-time and part-time students enrolled in universities and institutes of technology for each of the academic years stated below

	1997/1998	2002/2003	2003/2004
Institutions	Full-time enrolments	Part-time enrolments	Full-time enrolments	Part-time enrolments	Full-time enrolments	Part-time enrolments
Higher Education Authority (University Sector)	61,308	9,365	74,922	14,036	77,491	13,420
University College Cork — National University of Ireland, Cork	10,207	930	12,492	1,273	12,993	1,314
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin	14,400	2,901	15,888	4,271	16,313	4,295
National University of Ireland, Galway	7,539	446	11,020	1,686	11,368	1,620
Trinity College, Dublin	10,159	2,004	11,628	2,798	11,722	2,587
National University of Ireland, Maynooth	3,758	820	4,707	574	4,956	436
Dublin City University	5,110	1,188	6,205	1,445	6,591	1,302
University of Limerick	6,963	828	8,142	1,576	8,494	1,512
St. Patrick’s Teacher Training College, Drumcondra	1,072	121	2,033	171	2,012	185
Mary Immaculate College of Education, Limerick	1,354	116	1,983	198	2,187	143
National College of Art & Design	746	11	824	44	855	26
Institutes of Technology / Other Technological Colleges	41,909	13,157	51,507	17,404	53,586	17,321
Dublin Institute of Technology	9,807	5,891	10,240	5,634	10,307	5,793
Athlone Institute of Technology	2,795	435	3,466	365	3,517	388
Institute of Technology, Carlow	2,450	575	2,476	534	2,510	513
Cork Institute of Technology	4,675	2,401	6,068	3,187	6,108	3,509
Dundalk Institute of Technology	2,362	194	2,624	395	3,111	719
Galway — Mayo Institute of Technology	3,644	333	4,563	1,090	4,983	1,108
Letterkenny Institute of Technology	1,530	239	1,927	274	2,041	124
Limerick Institute of Technology	2,625	803	3,602	904	3,639	794
Institute of Technology, Sligo	2,550	312	3,441	400	3,340	454
Institute of Technology, Tallaght	1,646	1,528	2,297	1,371	2,507	738
Institute of Technology, Tralee	2,286	160	2,422	197	2,485	205
Waterford Institute of Technology *	4,744	224	5,711	2,430	6,062	2,430
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology	462	41	1,255	53	1,355	55
Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown†	0	0	856	297	1,027	353
Tipperary Institute†	0	0	354	224	386	87
Hotel Training/Catering Coll, Killybegs	333	21	205	49	208	51
Overall Total	103,217	22,522	126,429	31,440	131,077	30,741

* No data received for the 2003-04 academic year. Data refer to the 2002-03 academic year.

† Enrolments in Blanchardstown IOT and Tipperary Institute commenced in 1999-2000 academic year.