Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most recent figure for school completion rates in DEIS schools. [37692/17]

Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most recent national average figure for school completion rates. [37693/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to answers Questions Nos. 346 and 347 together.

National school completion rates are published by my Department in the reports titled Retention Rates of Pupils in Second Level Schools. These reports can be found on my Department's website at .

The most recently published data, for the cohort who entered post-primary education in 2009 and sat the leaving certificate in either 2014 or 2015, shows a national retention rate to the Leaving Certificate of 90.2%. The retention rate in DEIS schools was 82.7%.