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Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Department of Education and Skills

School Enrolments

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes in the 2020-2021 school year at primary school level with 30 pupils or above by county in tabular form. [39687/21]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Please find attached information for the academic year 2020/2021 - 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; www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individual-Schools/primary/ .

Local Authority Number of Classes >= 30
Carlow County Council
37
Cavan County Council
35
Clare County Council
74
Cork City Council
41
Cork County Council
253
Donegal County Council
85
Dublin City Council
148
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
113
Fingal County Council
125
Galway City Council
24
Galway County Council
118
Kerry County Council
79
Kildare County Council
129
Kilkenny County Council
56
Laois County Council
32
Leitrim County Council
18
Limerick City & County Council
124
Longford County Council
20
Louth County Council
89
Mayo County Council
69
Meath County Council
157
Monaghan County Council
44
Offaly County Council
46
Roscommon County Council
26
Sligo County Council
38
South Dublin County Council
169
Tipperary County Council
74
Waterford City & County Council
60
Westmeath County Council
65
Wexford County Council
74
Wicklow County Council
83
Grand Total
2505

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