Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the number of pupils attending primary school per county and per patronage. [29014/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The information requested on the number of primary pupils by county is provided by the National School Annual Census and is available on the Department's website, in table 2.18 of the Department's Annual Statistical Report at http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/stats_statistical_report_2010_2011.xls.

Alternatively the data can be access through the Department's Education Statistics Database at http://www.cso.ie/px/des/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=EDA57&ti=National+School+Pupils+by+Year,+County,+Statistic+and+School+Programme&path=../Database/DES/Primary%20Level%20Education%20Statistics/&lang=1. Information on patronage is not available at county level.