Written answers

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Department of Education and Skills

Schools Data

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school pupils who are in classes of more than 20, 25, 30 and 35 students by county, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28165/20]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Please find attached requested information. The data is for the 2019-20 academic year the most recent year we have data available for.

Local Authority Class Size 20-24 Class Size 25-29 Class Size 30-34 Class Size 35+
Carlow County Council 2004 3693 1305
Cavan County Council 3655 3631 1160 71
Clare County Council 3717 4328 2539 178
Cork City Council 3737 5136 1651
Cork County Council 14198 19610 9262 860
Donegal County Council 4747 6679 3416 70
Dublin City Council 12389 19184 5791 107
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 4132 10859 4130
Fingal County Council 7520 24293 4816
Galway City Council 1833 3120 841 37
Galway County Council 5928 8378 3955 463
Kerry County Council 4283 5584 3051 219
Kildare County Council 7550 14798 5277 70
Kilkenny County Council 2590 5368 1901 177
Laois County Council 3465 4891 1567 70
Leitrim County Council 869 1385 760 143
Limerick City and County Council 5860 8317 4844 283
Longford County Council 1797 1836 849
Louth County Council 4902 7504 2805 217
Mayo County Council 3849 5038 2270 177
Meath County Council 6437 12729 5837 248
Monaghan County Council 2155 2984 1615 105
Offaly County Council 3180 3376 1408 143
Roscommon County Council 1799 3252 1122 142
Sligo County Council 2256 2743 1322 35
South Dublin County Council 9104 16374 6128 35
Tipperary County Council 5484 6491 3110 280
Waterford City and County Council 4097 6076 2128 106
Westmeath County Council 3134 4397 2098 328
Wexford County Council 5594 7146 3372 248
Wicklow County Council 4911 8303 2746 258
Grand Total 147176 237503 93076 5070

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

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classes with more than 20, 25, 30 and 35 students by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28166/20]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Please find attached requested information. The data is for the 2019-20 academic year the most recent year we have data available for.

Local Authority Class Size 20-24 Class Size 25-29 Class Size 30-34 Class Size 35+
Carlow County Council 89 137 42 0
Cavan County Council 165 136 37 2
Clare County Council 167 162 81 5
Cork City Council 170 191 53 0
Cork County Council 640 726 297 24
Donegal County Council 216 247 110 2
Dublin City Council 561 712 188 3
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 185 399 135 0
Fingal County Council 335 898 158 0
Galway City Council 83 115 27 1
Galway County Council 267 311 126 13
Kerry County Council 193 208 97 6
Kildare County Council 336 550 171 2
Kilkenny County Council 117 200 61 5
Laois County Council 155 182 51 2
Leitrim County Council 39 52 24 4
Limerick City and County Council 266 309 155 8
Longford County Council 81 69 27 0
Louth County Council 222 278 89 6
Mayo County Council 174 187 72 5
Meath County Council 288 471 188 7
Monaghan County Council 98 110 51 3
Offaly County Council 144 127 45 4
Roscommon County Council 82 121 36 4
Sligo County Council 102 102 42 1
South Dublin County Council 411 607 200 1
Tipperary County Council 249 242 100 8
Waterford City and County Council 183 226 69 3
Westmeath County Council 141 162 68 9
Wexford County Council 251 267 107 7
Wicklow County Council 219 308 88 7
Grand Total 6629 8812 2995 142

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

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classes in the State by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28167/20]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Please find attached requested information. The data is for the 2019-20 academic year the most recent year we have data available for.

Carlow County Council 303
Cavan County Council 423
Clare County Council 574
Cork City Council 619
Cork County Council 1991
Donegal County Council 809
Dublin City Council 2036
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 794
Fingal County Council 1479
Galway City Council 324
Galway County Council 981
Kerry County Council 677
Kildare County Council 1162
Kilkenny County Council 453
Laois County Council 464
Leitrim County Council 156
Limerick City and County Council 946
Longford County Council 234
Louth County Council 693
Mayo County Council 650
Meath County Council 1062
Monaghan County Council 321
Offaly County Council 394
Roscommon County Council 343
Sligo County Council 327
South Dublin County Council 1454
Tipperary County Council 781
Waterford City and County Council 592
Westmeath County Council 464
Wexford County Council 748
Wicklow County Council 716
Grand Total 22970

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

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