Written answers
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
Department of Education and Skills
Third Level Admissions
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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901.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The 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 | |
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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 |
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