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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dental Students. Dental student intake and graduates
Summary
The Minister gave dental student intake figures for 1973–74 to 1977–78 and graduate totals through 1975–76; the 1976–77 graduate figure was unavailable.
asked the Minister for Education the intake of dental students in each of the past five years; and the number who have qualified in the same period.
Comment on this
The intake of first year dental students in each of the past five years is as follows: 1973-74, 57; 1974-75, 58; 1975-76, 63; 1976-77, 60; 1977-78, 65.
The number of dental students who graduated in each of the years from 1971-72 to 1975-76 is as follows: 1971-72, 51; 1972-73, 37; 1973-74, 53; 1974-75, 51; 1975-76, 52.
The figure for graduates in the academic year 1976-77 has not yet been made available to my Department.