Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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3245. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of training a nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41032/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Higher Education Authority uses a figure of €7,500 per student per year ( so €30,000 in total for the four years of their education programme ) as representing an average of funding currently provided by them for grants and fees for nursing and midwifery undergraduate places. The other significant cost arises during internship when a student nurse or midwife enters the final stage of their programme. This amounts to about €10,000 per student. Additionally, there is a range of other costs to be taken into account, including the provision of Clinical Placement Co-ordinators and Practice Development Co-ordinators.

My officials are now in touch with their HSE colleagues to obtain up to date figures on these other costs so that a table can be compiled which will show the average cost per student. I will share this with the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.