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Thursday, 30 September 2021

Department of Education and Skills

Third Level Education

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of medical training undergraduate places, by discipline available annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47226/21]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Higher Education Authority (HEA) collects statistical data on the number of medical students in the higher education institutions. The HEA does not collect data on the various disciplines that they are studying.

The following tables shows the numbers of first year medical enrolments for the most recent academic years, broken down by domicile group.

Numbers of First Year Enrolments
Domicile Group 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021
(Other) EU 14 13 14 13
Great Britain 30 37 18 12
Ireland 665 660 693 721
Non-EU 579 598 620 649
Northern Ireland 9 7 8 8
Unknown 1 4
Total 1,298 1,319 1,353 1,403

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