Written answers

Thursday, 9 September 2021

Department of Education and Skills

Further and Higher Education

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total public funding received by private colleges under vote 45 previously 26 and the National Training Fund in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41726/21]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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There are a number of initiatives administered through competitive call processes by the HEA on behalf of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science funded through the National Training Fund where not for profit/private institutions are eligible to apply. These are Springboard+, which has been running on an annual basis since 2011, the Human Capital Initiative Pillar 1 which commenced in 2020 and the July Stimulus Modular and part and full time taught postgraduate places programme in 2020.

The tables and text attached, as provided by the HEA, outline the funding associated for the delivery of free and subsidised places under these initiatives in addition to Apprenticeship funding.

Separately my Department provides funding to institutions outside the remit of the HEA. Funding provided in the period 2011 to 2020 is outlined in the attached table.

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated number of first-year enrolments in general and psychiatric nursing at the Mayo campus in GMIT in the academic 2021/2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41727/21]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not produce projections of higher education enrolment on a course by course level, and so the data requested by the Deputy is not available.

First year enrolment figures for Nursing in GMIT from 2014 to 2019 (the latest available) are available in the table below.

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of dental student year enrolments in dentistry per institution since 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41800/21]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The requested information is contained in the attached spreadsheet.

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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826. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of Springboard+ courses approved for 2021 and 2022; the breakdown between universities, institutes of technology and private colleges for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41801/21]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Springboard+ 2021/22 provides 11,575 places across 330 courses.

The breakdown between universities, institutes of technology and private colleges for 2021is as follows:

Springboard+ 2020/21 Institute of Technology Private & Other Providers University (Incl. TU) Grand Total
Places 4655 3120 3800 11575
Springboard+ 2020/21 Institute of Technology Private & Other Providers University (Incl. TU) Grand Total
Courses 154 54 122 330

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