The information requested by the Deputy is in the following table. The earliest data available are for 1998/99 and the latest available are for 2003/2004. Data for both of these years have been supplied along with those for 2000/2001.
Number and Percentage of Full-time Third Level Students by County of normal residence (students normally resident in Ireland before entering Third Level)
|
1998/99
|
2000/2001
|
2003/2004
|
|
Total
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
Connaught
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Galway
|
7,213
|
6.6
|
8,278
|
7.0
|
9,222
|
7.0
|
Leitrim
|
809
|
0.7
|
908
|
0.8
|
1,084
|
0.8
|
Mayo
|
3,925
|
3.6
|
4,426
|
3.8
|
5,128
|
3.9
|
Roscommon
|
1,935
|
1.8
|
2,024
|
1.7
|
2,216
|
1.7
|
Sligo
|
1,896
|
1.7
|
2,229
|
1.9
|
2,441
|
1.9
|
Leinster
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carlow
|
1,320
|
1.2
|
1,491
|
1.3
|
1,590
|
1.2
|
Dublin
|
25,902
|
23.8
|
27,018
|
23.0
|
30,469
|
23.1
|
Kildare
|
3,846
|
3.5
|
4,354
|
3.7
|
5,261
|
4.0
|
Kilkenny
|
2,116
|
1.9
|
2,427
|
2.1
|
2,733
|
2.1
|
Laois
|
1,427
|
1.3
|
1,576
|
1.3
|
1,798
|
1.4
|
Longford
|
1,098
|
1.0
|
1,096
|
0.9
|
1,265
|
1.0
|
Louth
|
2,369
|
2.2
|
2,594
|
2.2
|
3,132
|
2.4
|
Meath
|
3,392
|
3.1
|
3,519
|
3.0
|
4,391
|
3.3
|
Offaly
|
1,712
|
1.6
|
1,829
|
1.6
|
1,972
|
1.5
|
Westmeath
|
2,179
|
2.0
|
2,301
|
2.0
|
2,595
|
2.0
|
Wexford
|
3,095
|
2.8
|
3,224
|
2.7
|
3,563
|
2.7
|
Wicklow
|
2,826
|
2.6
|
2,848
|
2.4
|
3,195
|
2.4
|
Munster
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clare
|
3,292
|
3.0
|
3,597
|
3.1
|
4,055
|
3.1
|
Cork
|
13,890
|
12.8
|
15,123
|
12.9
|
16,426
|
12.5
|
Kerry
|
4,679
|
4.3
|
4,900
|
4.2
|
5,433
|
4.1
|
Limerick
|
5,720
|
5.3
|
6,074
|
5.2
|
6,572
|
5.0
|
Tipperary
|
4,576
|
4.2
|
4,869
|
4.1
|
5,008
|
3.8
|
Waterford
|
2,842
|
2.6
|
2,986
|
2.5
|
3,356
|
2.5
|
Ulster
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Antrim
|
286
|
0.3
|
265
|
0.2
|
243
|
0.2
|
Armagh
|
91
|
0.1
|
97
|
0.1
|
98
|
0.1
|
Cavan
|
1,435
|
1.3
|
1,727
|
1.5
|
1,968
|
1.5
|
Derry
|
153
|
0.1
|
143
|
0.1
|
173
|
0.1
|
Donegal
|
3,002
|
2.8
|
3,625
|
3.1
|
3,932
|
3.0
|
Down
|
300
|
0.3
|
306
|
0.3
|
304
|
0.2
|
Fermanagh
|
91
|
0.1
|
95
|
0.1
|
112
|
0.1
|
Monaghan
|
1,250
|
1.1
|
1,345
|
1.1
|
1,577
|
1.2
|
Tyrone
|
163
|
0.1
|
181
|
0.2
|
148
|
0.1
|
Unspecified (Ireland)
|
|
|
|
|
191
|
0.1
|
TOTALS
|
108,830
|
|
117,475
|
|
131,651
|
|
of which N. Ireland
|
1,084
|
|
1,087
|
|
1,078
|
|