Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2024
901. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places for dental nurses students in Irish universities for each of the past four years; and how many of these are used for international students. [24891/24]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy was sourced from the Higher Education Authority Student Records System. The table below outlines the total number of students enrolled on Dental Nursing programmes in Irish Higher Education Institutions.
The recorded domicile for all students in the Level 7 Diploma programmes is Ireland.
Regarding the level 6 Higher Certificate programmes, the domicile of Great Britain is less than 5 students, or less than 3%, and non EU domicile is also less than 5 students or less than 3%.
Please note for data protection reasons data regarding students amounting to less than 5 is rounded to zero by the HEA.
|
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
|
|
Level 7 Diploma in Dental Nursing |
81 |
86 |
97 |
100 |
|
Level 6 Higher Certificate in Dental Nursing |
96 |
79 |
85 |
80 |
|
177 |
165 |
182 |
180 |
