Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional higher education places added over and above the total amount in 2021-2022 academic year; the additional higher education places in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43329/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In recognition of the particular circumstances faced by students this year, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science worked with the HEA and the Higher Education Institutions to identify where additional places could be provided in the higher education system. As a result of this, together with the additional places created under the Human Capital Initiative, 4,650 places have been created for 2021/22 across a wide range of courses which ensured that more students than ever before could be offered a place in a third level course. A breakdown of these places by subject area is in the table below.