Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 December 2021
100. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Irish students on Erasmus or exchange in European universities in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the breakdown of countries they are going to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60598/21]
Amharc ar fhreagra103. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of European students on Erasmus or exchange in Irish universities in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the breakdown of countries they are going to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60601/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 103 together.
I refer the Deputy to the attached data collated by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) (The National Agency for Erasmus for higher education mobilities) on a) the number of European students on Erasmus or exchange and b) the number of Irish students on Erasmus or exchange in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021.
In addition, to the top four Erasmus + destinations in the attached chart we are seeing a growing number of Irish students going to the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg and Czech Republic.
It should be noted that the HEA does not have mobility figures for 2021 yet as the European Commission have not launched the relevant IT tool that allows the HEA to drawdown this data. This is expected to launch in January 2022.
