Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the long delay in publishing figures on class sizes for 2006/2007, which were published in August 2007, in view of the fact that schools were required to make returns on class sizes by November 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21602/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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While schools are requested to return the information by 31 October each year — 4 weeks after the Census date — in many cases schools do not make a return until much later. It is not possible to finalise the Primary school database until all schools have been returned. In recent years, some schools have been outstanding as late as June following the Census.