Written answers
Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Department of Education and Science
National Schools
11:00 am
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools broken down by patron as per the latest available figures. [42303/06]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The following table outlines the number of primary schools broken down by patron and ethos as at 5 December 2006.
| Ethos and Patrons of Primary Schools | ||||||||
| Catholic (a) | Church of Ireland (b) | Presby-terian | Methodist | Multi-D | Inter-D | Muslim | Jewish | Total |
| 3,033 | 182 | 14 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3,279 |
| (a) includes gaelscoileanna, special schools and 5 Model schools where Minister is Patron. | ||||||||
| (b) includes 4 Model schools where Minister is Patron. |
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