PQ 734
734. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason funding for 25 undergraduate medicine places, each year at Queen's University Belfast, has been discontinued in 2027; and if he will urgently review this decision with his Government colleagues, considering the impact this will have on students and the provision of medical professionals to our health service. [70095/26]
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6 October 2026
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6 October 2026 · Third Level Education
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written
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Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
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Education
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6 October 2026
Summary
734. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason funding for 25 undergraduate medicine places, each year at Queen's University Belfast, has been discontinued in 2027; and if he will urgently review this decision with his Government colleagues, considering the impact this will have on students and the provision of medical professionals to our health service. [70095/26]
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6 October 2026
Third Level Education
734. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason funding for 25 undergraduate medicine places, each year at Queen's University Belfast, has been discontinued in 2027; and if he will urgently review this decision with his Government colleagues, considering the impact this will have on students and the provision of medical professionals to our health service. [70095/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-10-06/734/
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- ireland · q-2026-10-06-pq_734 · source updated 6 October 2026