Written answers
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Department of Education and Skills
Education and Training Boards Places
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school places available in Waterford city and county for ETB schools; the number of secondary school pupils attending ETB secondary schools in Waterford city and county by school in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16763/19]
Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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A list of ETB schools in Waterford City and Waterford County is provided in the following link:
It shows numbers of pupils enrolled in these schools in the 2017-18 academic year.
The Capital Programme provides for devolved funding for additional classrooms, if required, for schools where an immediate enrolment need has been identified or where an additional teacher has been appointed. In this regard, I can confirm that my Department has recently received applications for such funding from two Post Primary schools in Waterford. These applications will be assessed and a decision will be conveyed to the school authorities when the assessment process has been completed.
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