Written answers
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Third Level Education
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of health care courses or programmes available to persons wishing to enter or remain in therapy disciplines including speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social workers and psychology; the number of course places available in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36284/22]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The following enrolment data was sourced from the HEA SRS database.
A list of courses available in the therapy disciplines requested is contained in the attached spreadsheet.
| Table 1: Enrolments by Discipline | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolments by Discipline | 2018/2019 | 2019/2020 | 2020/2021 |
| Speech and Language | 463 | 478 | 477 |
| Occupational Therapy | 498 | 487 | 504 |
| Physiotherapy | 819 | 822 | 834 |
| Social Workers | 5090 | 4958 | 5152 |
| Psychology | 3055 | 3234 | 3530 |
| Table 2: Courses by Discipline | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Courses by Discipline | 2018/2019 | 2019/2020 | 2020/2021 |
| Speech and Language | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Occupational Therapy | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Physiotherapy | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Social Workers | 40 | 55 | 53 |
| Psychology | 79 | 78 | 78 |
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