Written answers
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Department of Education and Skills
Education Policy
Rose 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]
Simon 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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