Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Education and Skills

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average primary school class size for the 2013-14 school year. [29734/14]

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current pupil teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29735/14]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 279 and 280 together.

This information is available on our Key Statistics Report 2013/2014 on our website,.

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children who were in classes of 30 or more during the 2013-14 school year, broken down by county. [29736/14]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The number of primary school children who were in classes of 30 or more during 2013/2014 was 124,493. The following table shows the number of pupils broken down by county. Pupils in classes containing 30 or more pupils

YearCounty NameClass Size Mainstream DescMS Class Pupils
2013Carlow30-341,626
201335-3972
2013Cavan30-341,194
201335-39211
2013Clare30-343,403
201335-39399
201340-9940
2013Cork30-3412,510
201335-392,010
201340-9941
2013Donegal30-343,795
201335-39245
2013Dublin30-3428,354
201335-39902
2013Galway30-345,753
201335-39606
2013Kerry30-342,827
201335-39586
2013Kildare30-346,953
201335-39215
2013Kilkenny30-342,366
201335-39291
2013Laois30-342,543
201335-39178
2013Leitrim30-34862
2013Limerick30-345,542
201335-39462
2013Longford30-341,259
201335-3936
2013Louth30-343,369
201335-39673
2013Mayo30-342,669
201335-39316
201340-9940
2013Meath30-347,248
201335-39288
2013Monaghan30-341,423
201335-39249
2013Offaly30-342,139
201335-39176
2013Roscommon30-34932
201335-3972
2013Sligo30-341,478
201335-39178
2013Tipperary30-342,418
201335-39181
2013Waterford30-343,026
201335-39185
2013Westmeath30-342,200
201335-3970
2013Wexford30-344,137
201335-39575
2013Wicklow30-344,707
201335-39463

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