Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in level 5 pre-nursing courses in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years. [4074/24]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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SOLAS has advised that the numbers of students enrolling in Level 5 pre-nursing PLC courses were 1,369 in 2022/23 and 1,281 in 2023/24.

In addition, for the first time in September 2023, students entered new tertiary programmes outside of the CAO system. Starting their programme in further education, they will progress seamlessly to guaranteed places to complete a fully-accredited degree in higher education. 54 students commenced new tertiary BSc (Honours) Degrees in Nursing.