Written answers

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Department of Education and Skills

Education Policy

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown between home and EU student within the 708 quota each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24363/21]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is available in the attached table. In each of the relevant years Irish students comprised more than 90% of EU students registered on medicine courses.

First Year Medicine Students by Domicile, 2016-2019

Domicile Group 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020
Ireland 673 666 664 693
Great Britain 34 30 37 18
Northern Ireland 11 9 7 8
Other EU 16 14 13 14
EU Total 734 719 721 733
Non-EU 517 579 598 620
Grand Total 1251 1298 1319 1353

Note: These figures include all first years, and therefore will include students who deferred or are repeating a year

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