Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 February 2022
183. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of speech and language therapists who graduated from respective third level colleges in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8520/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe data requested by the Deputy is outlined in the table below, broken down by Higher Education Institution, course and year.
|
HEI / Course |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
National University of Ireland, Galway |
25 |
23 |
22 |
32 |
|
Bachelor of Science (Speech and Language Therapy) |
25 |
23 |
22 |
32 |
|
Trinity College Dublin |
43 |
42 |
50 |
55 |
|
Clinical Speech and Language Studies |
38 |
32 |
38 |
44 |
|
Clinical Speech and Language Studies (Dysphagia) |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
MLitt in Clinical Speech and Language Studies |
|
1 |
|
|
|
PhD in Clinical Speech and Language Studies |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
Speech and Language Processing |
3 |
5 |
10 |
9 |
|
University College Cork |
19 |
33 |
30 |
33 |
|
BSc (Speech and Language Therapy) |
19 |
33 |
30 |
33 |
|
University of Limerick |
30 |
30 |
21 |
22 |
|
Doctor of Philosophy Speech and Language Therapy |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Master of Science Speech and Language Therapy |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Speech and Language Therapy (Professional Qualification) |
28 |
29 |
21 |
22 |
|
Grand Total |
117 |
128 |
123 |
142 |
