Pharmacy Programme Announced for SETU
Press Release, October 18th 2024
Waterford TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh has warmly welcomed the announcement of the successful securing of a new pharmacy programme by South East Technological University.
SETU, along with Atlantic Technological University and University of Galway will each introduce new pharmacy programmes, doubling the number of pharmacy training programmes in Ireland. At full roll-out this will provide more than 150 additional pharmacy graduates per year. This will double the number of pharmacy programmes in Ireland and make pharmacy education available in the South East.
Ó Cathasaigh said “After the excellent recent news that SETU was successful in their application for a new veterinary programme, it is being announced this morning that they will also be assigned a new pharmacy programme. This is fantastic news for the university, for students, for the wider healthcare system, and for Waterford and the South East region.
This is the joined up thinking we need. We know the pressure that is on our healthcare system and the difficulties in recruitment across key disciplines. We are providing extra higher education places to train our future healthcare workforce and I am delighted to see those places being made available in SETU”
He went on “Our next challenge is to ensure that progress is made on the Engineering Building for SETU. I have raised this in the Dáil this week with Minister Paschal O’Donohoe and will continue to push for its delivery.”
Funding of €130 million unlocked from the National Training Fund will support the growth of across a number of key healthcare disciplines following recommendations from the Higher Education Authority (HEA), several universities will establish new programmes in areas of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry.
The new programmes are part of a broader government strategy to expand veterinary and healthcare education and ensure a steady pipeline of qualified professionals to meet the needs of Ireland’s growing population.
