Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size in 1997; the average class size in February 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33838/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The average class size at primary level in the 1997/98 school year was 26.1. The latest available class size data refers to the 2010/11 school year and was 23.9. The source of this data is the Annual Census of Primary Schools. Average class size is not available at post-primary level.