The information requested by the Deputy is in the following table. The table outlines the number of full-time enrolments both undergraduate and postgraduate at the 7 universities, 14 institutes of Technology and the teacher training colleges for the 5 years 2009/10 to 2012/13. Over this period total enrolments have increased by 5%.
Irish Domiciled Full-Time Enrolments in Irish Universities, Teacher Training Colleges and Institutes of Technology 2009/10-2013/14
Connacht
|
2013/14
|
2012/13
|
2011/12
|
2010/11
|
2009/10
|
% Change
|
Galway
|
10,010
|
9,852
|
10,877
|
10,636
|
10,289
|
-3%
|
Leitrim
|
1,126
|
1,080
|
1,155
|
1,167
|
1,141
|
-1%
|
Mayo
|
4,990
|
4,946
|
5,122
|
5,214
|
5,133
|
-3%
|
Roscommon
|
2,333
|
2,361
|
2,322
|
2,354
|
2,292
|
2%
|
Sligo
|
2,583
|
2,602
|
2,616
|
2,581
|
2,560
|
1%
|
|
Leinster
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carlow
|
1,837
|
1,854
|
1,901
|
1,974
|
1,914
|
-4%
|
Dublin (including postal districts)
|
36,201
|
35,750
|
36,671
|
35,142
|
33,848
|
7%
|
Kildare
|
6,528
|
6,384
|
6,330
|
6,271
|
5,842
|
12%
|
Kilkenny
|
3,167
|
3,199
|
3,186
|
3,150
|
3,001
|
6%
|
Laois
|
2,148
|
2,071
|
2,122
|
1,985
|
2,001
|
7%
|
Longford
|
1,305
|
1,278
|
1,291
|
1,311
|
1,295
|
1%
|
Louth
|
3,947
|
3,900
|
3,714
|
3,838
|
3,722
|
6%
|
Meath
|
5,757
|
5,664
|
5,551
|
5,274
|
4,993
|
15%
|
Offaly
|
2,355
|
2,263
|
2,254
|
2,228
|
2,104
|
12%
|
Westmeath
|
3,004
|
2,968
|
3,135
|
3,340
|
3,162
|
-5%
|
Wexford
|
4,490
|
4,450
|
4,431
|
4,287
|
4,030
|
11%
|
Wicklow
|
4,336
|
4,259
|
4,187
|
4,054
|
3,816
|
14%
|
|
Munster
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clare
|
4,565
|
4,517
|
4,472
|
4,369
|
4,239
|
8%
|
Cork
|
18,730
|
18,623
|
18,494
|
18,130
|
17,918
|
5%
|
Kerry
|
5,622
|
5,560
|
5,644
|
5,734
|
5,708
|
-2%
|
Limerick
|
7,239
|
7,129
|
6,950
|
7,002
|
6,665
|
9%
|
Tipperary
|
5,575
|
5,555
|
5,429
|
5,387
|
5,135
|
9%
|
Waterford
|
4,518
|
4,415
|
4,371
|
4,312
|
4,178
|
8%
|
|
Ulster
|
|
|
|
|
|
Antrim (including Belfast)
|
200
|
166
|
211
|
197
|
217
|
-8%
|
Armagh
|
47
|
55
|
64
|
59
|
60
|
-22%
|
Cavan
|
2,187
|
2,153
|
2,129
|
2,068
|
2,035
|
7%
|
Derry
|
73
|
66
|
90
|
86
|
102
|
-28%
|
Donegal
|
4,868
|
4,720
|
4,654
|
4,605
|
4,531
|
7%
|
Down
|
205
|
208
|
215
|
204
|
234
|
-12%
|
Fermanagh
|
58
|
43
|
59
|
61
|
73
|
-21%
|
Monaghan
|
2,036
|
1,980
|
1,902
|
1,904
|
1,817
|
12%
|
Tyrone
|
77
|
90
|
94
|
103
|
115
|
-33%
|
|
Unknown Ireland
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unknown Ireland
|
361
|
1,175
|
572
|
479
|
562
|
-36%
|
Grand Total
|
152,478
|
151,336
|
152,215
|
149,506
|
144,732
|
5%
|