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For Written Answer on : 16/02/2022
Question Number(s): 183 Question Reference(s): 8520/22
Department: Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Asked by: David Stanton T.D.
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QUESTION
To ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education; Research; Innovation and Science the number of speech and language therapists who graduated from respective third-level colleges in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
REPLY
The data requested by the Deputy is outlined in the table below, broken down by Higher Education Institution, course and year.
| HEI / Course | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| National University of Ireland, Galway | 25 | 23 | 22 | 32 |
| Bachelor of Science (Speech and Language Therapy) | 25 | 23 | 22 | 32 |
| Trinity College Dublin | 43 | 42 | 50 | 55 |
| Clinical Speech and Language Studies | 38 | 32 | 38 | 44 |
| Clinical Speech and Language Studies (Dysphagia) | 1 | 2 | ||
| MLitt in Clinical Speech and Language Studies | 1 | |||
| PhD in Clinical Speech and Language Studies | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Speech and Language Processing | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
| University College Cork | 19 | 33 | 30 | 33 |
| BSc (Speech and Language Therapy) | 19 | 33 | 30 | 33 |
| University of Limerick | 30 | 30 | 21 | 22 |
| Doctor of Philosophy Speech and Language Therapy | 2 | |||
| Master of Science Speech and Language Therapy | 1 | |||
| Speech and Language Therapy (Professional Qualification) | 28 | 29 | 21 | 22 |
| Grand Total | 117 | 128 | 123 | 142 |