Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is in a position to furnish information previously requested on the number of children in primary schools in class sizes of under 20, 20 to 29, 30 to 39 and 40 or over in tabular form on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17834/07]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in class sizes under 20, 25 to 30 and over 30 in primary schools across Dublin North-Central; the same information for these schools in respect of infant classes; the way she stores and collates this information; and the reason her Department can offer information on a Dublin wide scale but cannot on a school basis. [17369/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take questions Nos. 478 and 555 together.

Information in relation to class size is provided by the annual census of primary schools. Work on the census for the current school-year (2006/07) is nearing completion. The information is stored in a database and tables detailing class size information for each county are routinely issued by my Department. Information is not routinely extracted and provided on a school-by-school basis as to do so would require a disproportionate amount of administrative time and make it impossible for staff to complete essential work.