Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the individual cost to the State to train a medical doctor, nurse, occupational therapist and speech and language therapist in third level. [6694/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The HEA has a Recurrent Grant Allocation Model (RGAM) which allocates core recurrent funding to institutions. The grant is allocated as a block recurrent grant and the internal allocation of this grant is a matter for each institution.  In the case of occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and some students doing medicine, these student numbers are included in the RGAM. Other medical students, arising from increased EU student intake on foot of the Fottrell Report, are covered by additional ring-fenced funding for undergraduate and graduate-entry medicine.

In the case of nursing students, State grant and fees are paid separately from ring-fenced funding (i.e. nursing students are not included in the RGAM).

All eligible undergraduate students in any subject area also have their tuition fees paid for by the State under the Free Fees Initiative (excluding the Student Contribution). The amounts in the table take the tuition fee element paid by the State into account but exclude the Student Contribution which may in some cases be paid on behalf of the student by SUSI depending on eligibility. It should also be noted that the amounts below are based on the cost to the Department of Education and Skills Vote.