Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-time equivalent cost of each undergraduate medical student, nurse, occupational therapist and physiotherapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28824/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The university sector collects full economic costing data .The full economic cost of each student enrolled as an undergraduate student will vary depending on the discipline.  

The estimated total cost per undergraduate nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy student is c.€10,000 – €11,000 per student per year.

The estimated total cost of educating an undergraduate medical student is  c.€28,000 per student per year.