Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 2 November 2021, if he will explain the discrepancy between the 708 quota on EU entrants into medicine, 468 undergraduate and 240 graduate entry and the actual enrolment figures of 734, 480 and 254; the means through which the quota is applied upon higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55021/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department sources its statistics on student enrolments from the HEA's Student Records System. The figures provided as part of Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 2 November 2021 related to first year enrolments in medicine courses. Therefore these figures contain first year repeat students in addition to new entrants.

In addition, in recognition of the particular circumstances and pressures faced by leaving certificate students in 2020, my Department worked with the HEA and the Higher Education Institutions to create additional places across the system, including some in medicine courses. In the case of courses such as medicine and nursing, where a quota is set on places for EU students, my officials worked with officials in the Department of Health to ensure that students accepted above the quota could be facilitated in placements.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to the RCSI each year since 2008, in tabular form in both current and capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55022/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The following table outlines the funding provided to Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) each year from 2008 to date in 2021 as administered via the HEA.

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a college (details supplied) will have an opportunity to submit a capital application for its capital project; the criteria likely to be used for the capital application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55023/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB) is currently working with SOLAS on the establishment of Mayo College of Further Education and Training.  Included in this is a proposal from the ETB to redevelop the facilities and buildings referred to by the Deputy.

SOLAS, in conjunction with my Department, is currently in the process of developing a capital application process for strategic capital projects which is expected to be completed in the coming months.  Once complete, this application will set out clearly the eligibility criteria to be met under this application process.  MSLETB will then have the opportunity to submit a capital application for the project referenced which will be considered by SOLAS as part of the overall capital strategy for the sector.