Written answers

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Department of Education and Skills

School Enrolments

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that have returned for the 2020/2021 academic year with classes of 30 or more by county in tabular form and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22391/20]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the deputy is not available. Provisional data for the academic year 2020/2021 will be available in January 2021.

Please find attached information for the academic year 2019/2020 - the most recent available data.

The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class Size tables published on the DES website and can be found at the link below;

Academic Year: 2019/2020

Number of schools with classes of 30 or greater grouped by Local Authority

Local Authority Number of Schools with Classes => 30
Carlow County Council 19
Cavan County Council 25
Clare County Council 38
Cork City Council 26
Cork County Council 147
Donegal County Council 54
Dublin City Council 64
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 41
Fingal County Council 49
Galway City Council 11
Galway County Council 69
Kerry County Council 48
Kildare County Council 60
Kilkenny County Council 36
Laois County Council 27
Leitrim County Council 12
Limerick City and County Council 65
Longford County Council 11
Louth County Council 36
Mayo County Council 44
Meath County Council 74
Monaghan County Council 31
Offaly County Council 25
Roscommon County Council 26
Sligo County Council 20
South Dublin County Council 49
Tipperary County Council 55
Waterford City and County Council 29
Westmeath County Council 31
Wexford County Council 54
Wicklow County Council 42
Grand Total 1318

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