Written answers
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Department of Education and Skills
Third Level Participation
10:00 pm
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the most recent figures on participation in third level education on a county basis and by postcode in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21757/11]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The most recent figures on participation in third level education on a county basis and by post code in the Dublin area are for the 2009-10 academic year. The tables below provide this information in relation to both Universities and Institutes of Technology. It is anticipated that data for the 2010-11 academic year will be accessible on the HEA Website in the autumn.
| County of permanent residence of Irish full-time students 2009/10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AIT | CIT | DIT | DLIADT | DKIT | GMIT | ITB | ITC | ITS | ITT | ITTRA | LYIT | LIT | TI | WIT | TOTALS | GRAND | |||||||||||||||||
| County | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | TOTAL |
| Connacht | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Galway | 166 | 276 | 37 | 28 | 79 | 44 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 1515 | 988 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 109 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 135 | 113 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 30 | 2149 | 1689 | 3838 |
| Leitrim | 13 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 166 | 150 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 299 | 267 | 566 |
| Mayo | 40 | 57 | 14 | 8 | 92 | 56 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 581 | 438 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 369 | 399 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 49 | 57 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1281 | 1100 | 2381 |
| Roscommon | 154 | 178 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 119 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 161 | 160 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 548 | 529 | 1077 |
| Sligo | 9 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 82 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 464 | 446 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 658 | 606 | 1264 |
| Leinster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carlow | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 77 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 435 | 312 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 107 | 84 | 667 | 470 | 1137 |
| Dublin (including postal districts) | 29 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 3547 | 2580 | 629 | 545 | 222 | 175 | 47 | 18 | 594 | 459 | 98 | 46 | 18 | 21 | 1255 | 770 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 43 | 6562 | 4753 | 11315 |
| Kildare | 18 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 461 | 343 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 67 | 51 | 310 | 199 | 11 | 12 | 110 | 86 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 117 | 79 | 1205 | 904 | 2109 |
| Kilkenny | 1 | 6 | 60 | 35 | 69 | 45 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 69 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 363 | 419 | 696 | 648 | 1344 |
| Laois | 43 | 60 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 143 | 126 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 105 | 78 | 463 | 398 | 861 |
| Longford | 126 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 92 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 347 | 262 | 609 |
| Louth | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 105 | 12 | 12 | 928 | 851 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 1183 | 1055 | 2238 |
| Meath | 39 | 56 | 7 | 6 | 438 | 292 | 23 | 32 | 355 | 347 | 25 | 28 | 124 | 93 | 33 | 21 | 28 | 46 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 27 | 1167 | 993 | 2160 |
| Offaly | 184 | 231 | 1 | 5 | 69 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 35 | 499 | 450 | 949 |
| Westmeath | 505 | 557 | 2 | 5 | 97 | 80 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 52 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 73 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 829 | 845 | 1674 |
| Wexford | 0 | 5 | 46 | 37 | 177 | 87 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 189 | 307 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 509 | 483 | 1018 | 1001 | 2019 |
| Wicklow | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 438 | 274 | 119 | 121 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 98 | 95 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 91 | 877 | 687 | 1564 |
| Munster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clare | 9 | 17 | 34 | 46 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 456 | 334 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 27 | 728 | 595 | 1323 |
| Cork | 4 | 12 | 3173 | 1976 | 37 | 61 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 112 | 124 | 3 | 3 | 107 | 100 | 14 | 4 | 143 | 188 | 3698 | 2535 | 6233 |
| Kerry | 2 | 11 | 420 | 203 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 739 | 805 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 81 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 1381 | 1197 | 2578 |
| Limerick | 4 | 15 | 116 | 81 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 872 | 629 | 18 | 8 | 52 | 50 | 1204 | 955 | 2159 |
| Tipperary | 15 | 36 | 210 | 129 | 56 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 314 | 176 | 147 | 154 | 291 | 333 | 1140 | 943 | 2083 |
| Waterford | 2 | 3 | 125 | 85 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1115 | 985 | 1343 | 1157 | 2500 |
| Ulster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Antrim (including Belfast) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Armagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Cavan | 38 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 148 | 89 | 10 | 9 | 156 | 128 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 105 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 542 | 444 | 986 |
| Derry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Donegal | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 122 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 131 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 956 | 964 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1363 | 1315 | 2678 |
| Down | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 39 |
| Fermanagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 63 | 5 | 8 | 244 | 290 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 486 | 479 | 965 |
| Tyrone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Unknown Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| TOTAL | 1433 | 1855 | 4331 | 2736 | 6424 | 4578 | 1016 | 942 | 2047 | 2032 | 3079 | 2060 | 895 | 661 | 1754 | 1348 | 1850 | 1864 | 1469 | 947 | 1096 | 1147 | 1207 | 1196 | 2290 | 1726 | 264 | 215 | 3217 | 3027 | 32372 | 26334 | 58706 |
| HEA-funded institutions key | |
| Short form | Long form |
| AIT | Athlone IT |
| CIT | Cork IT |
| DIT | Dublin IT |
| DLIADT | Dun Laoire Institute of Art, Design & Technology |
| DKIT | Dundalk IT |
| GMIT | Galway-Mayo IT |
| ITB | IT Blanchardstown |
| ITS | IT Sligo |
| ITT | IT Tallaght |
| ITTRA | IT Tralee |
| LYIT | Letterkenny IT |
| LIT | Limerick IT |
| TI | Tipperary Institute |
| WIT | Waterford IT |
| Code | University Sector | Institutes of Technology Sector | Totals |
| County Dublin | 6,444 | 4,305 | 10,749 |
| Dublin 1 | 292 | 91 | 383 |
| Dublin 2 | 157 | 66 | 223 |
| Dublin 3 | 739 | 239 | 978 |
| Dublin 4 | 818 | 199 | 1,017 |
| Dublin 5 | 756 | 305 | 1,061 |
| Dublin 6 | 982 | 283 | 1,265 |
| Dublin 6W | 743 | 307 | 1,050 |
| Dublin 7 | 725 | 276 | 1,001 |
| Dublin 8 | 533 | 261 | 794 |
| Dublin 9 | 987 | 308 | 1,295 |
| Dublin 10 | 113 | 52 | 165 |
| Dublin 11 | 555 | 280 | 835 |
| Dublin 12 | 561 | 290 | 851 |
| Dublin 13 | 607 | 298 | 905 |
| Dublin 14 | 1,276 | 422 | 1,698 |
| Dublin 15 | 1,567 | 917 | 2,484 |
| Dublin 16 | 1,408 | 716 | 2,124 |
| Dublin 17 | 104 | 46 | 150 |
| Dublin 18 | 993 | 428 | 1,421 |
| Dublin 20 | 194 | 90 | 284 |
| Dublin 22 | 363 | 223 | 586 |
| Dublin 24 | 733 | 554 | 1,287 |
| Dublin Unknown | 883 | 359 | 1,242 |
| 22,533 | 11,315 | 33,848 |
| County | University Sector | Institutes of Technology Sector | Totals |
| Connacht | |||
| Galway | 6,451 | 3,838 | 10,289 |
| Leitrim | 575 | 566 | 1,141 |
| Mayo | 2,752 | 2,381 | 5,133 |
| Roscommon | 1,215 | 1,077 | 2,292 |
| Sligo | 1,296 | 1,264 | 2,560 |
| Leinster | |||
| Carlow | 777 | 1,137 | 1,914 |
| Dublin | 22,533 | 11,315 | 33,848 |
| Kildare | 3,733 | 2,109 | 5,842 |
| Kilkenny | 1,657 | 1,344 | 3,001 |
| Laois | 1,140 | 861 | 2,001 |
| Longford | 686 | 609 | 1,295 |
| Louth | 1,484 | 2,238 | 3,722 |
| Meath | 2,833 | 2,160 | 4,993 |
| Offaly | 1,155 | 949 | 2,104 |
| Westmeath | 1,488 | 1,674 | 3,162 |
| Wexford | 2,011 | 2,019 | 4,030 |
| Wicklow | 2,252 | 1,564 | 3,816 |
| Munster | |||
| Clare | 2,916 | 1,323 | 4,239 |
| Cork | 11,685 | 6,233 | 17,918 |
| Kerry | 3,130 | 2,578 | 5,708 |
| Limerick | 4,506 | 2,159 | 6,665 |
| Tipperary | 3,052 | 2,083 | 5,135 |
| Waterford | 1,678 | 2,500 | 4,178 |
| Ulster | |||
| Antrim | 209 | 8 | 217 |
| Armagh | 56 | 4 | 60 |
| Cavan | 1,049 | 986 | 2,035 |
| Derry | 88 | 14 | 102 |
| Donegal | 1,853 | 2,678 | 4,531 |
| Down | 195 | 39 | 234 |
| Fermanagh | 63 | 10 | 73 |
| Monaghan | 852 | 965 | 1,817 |
| Tyrone | 102 | 13 | 115 |
| Unspecified Ireland1 | 554 | 8 | 562 |
| Total | 86,026 | 58,706 | 144,732 |
| Postal Code | University Sector | Institutes of Technology Sector | Totals |
| County Dublin | 6,444 | 4,305 | 10,749 |
| Dublin 1 | 292 | 91 | 383 |
| Dublin 2 | 157 | 66 | 223 |
| Dublin 3 | 739 | 239 | 978 |
| Dublin 4 | 818 | 199 | 1,017 |
| Dublin 5 | 756 | 305 | 1,061 |
| Dublin 6 | 982 | 283 | 1,265 |
| Dublin 6W | 743 | 307 | 1,050 |
| Dublin 7 | 725 | 276 | 1,001 |
| Dublin 8 | 533 | 261 | 794 |
| Dublin 9 | 987 | 308 | 1,295 |
| Dublin 10 | 113 | 52 | 165 |
| Dublin 11 | 555 | 280 | 835 |
| Dublin 12 | 561 | 290 | 851 |
| Dublin 13 | 607 | 298 | 905 |
| Dublin 14 | 1,276 | 422 | 1,698 |
| Dublin 15 | 1,567 | 917 | 2,484 |
| Dublin 16 | 1,408 | 716 | 2,124 |
| Dublin 17 | 104 | 46 | 150 |
| Dublin 18 | 993 | 428 | 1,421 |
| Dublin 20 | 194 | 90 | 284 |
| Dublin 22 | 363 | 223 | 586 |
| Dublin 24 | 733 | 554 | 1,287 |
| Dublin Unknown | 883 | 359 | 1,242 |
| 22,533 | 11,315 | 33,848 |
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