Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected enrolments at primary and secondary level for the 2021-2022 academic year. [30555/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Please find link below to our latest published projection report which gives details of primary and post-primary enrolment projections to 2038 using six different scenarios. It also outlines the assumptions used when formulating these scenarios.

www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/projections/projections-of-full-time-enrolment-primary-and-second-level-2020-2038.pdf

The Department feels that with the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Covid-19 that the enrolment projections for 2021-2022 will fall between M1F2 and M2F2 models.

The enrolment projections for 2021-2022 using the M1F2 and M2F2 models are as follows, Primary M1F2: 554,070, M2F2: 551,511. Post-Primary M1F2: 391,379 M2F2: 384,546.