Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 May 2021
454. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students accepted onto undergraduate nursing courses following the completion of a level 5 pre-nursing course in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22928/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy is not available to my Department. The basis on which a student is admitted to a course is not currently recorded on the HEA’s Student Records System (SRS) which is my Department’s primary source of student enrolment data.
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous with regard to their academic affairs, including in relation to admissions criteria. HEIs set aside a quota of places in nursing for entrants from specific Level 5 courses. The places set aside can be viewed on the CAO’s website at the following link. http://www2.cao.ie/fetac/FETACNursingQuota.pdf. The offers for these places are issued as part of the CAO’s Round 0 which takes place in early August. Some HEIs also allow QQI/FET graduates to compete using CAO points gained from their FET qualification with students applying with Leaving Certificate results in Round One and subsequent rounds of the CAO.
