Written answers
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Further and Higher Education
Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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1913. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of graduates in planning from Irish higher education institutions in each of the years 2020 to 2024; and the projected number in each of the years 2025 to 2029. [11643/25]
James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Planning is a regulated profession under the terms of Directive 2005/36 and the regulator in Ireland is the Irish Planning Institute (IPI). Five programmes are accredited by this regulator in Irish universities.
The data attached was sourced from the Student Records System database of the Higher Education Authority. Student numbers are rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes. The graduate data for 2024 is not yet available from the HEA.
My Department does not currently produce specific projections regarding third level enrolments by discipline or profession.
Further information regarding projections for higher education enrolment is available here: www.gov.ie/en/collection/projections/#third-level.
| Course Name | HEI | Award Type | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Science (Hons) Environmental Planning and Management | Technological University Dublin | Honours Degrees | 20 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
| Master of Science Spatial Planning | Technological University Dublin | Taught Masters | 10 | |||
| MPlan (Planning and Sustainable Development) | University College Cork | Taught Masters | 15 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| BSc CityPlanningandEnvirPolicy | University College Dublin | Honours Degrees | 25 | 30 | 25 | |
| MSc Urban Design and Planning FT | University College Dublin | Taught Masters | 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Total | 60 | 80 | 80 | 75 |
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