John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the current regulations in which pupils enrolled in and attending primary schools are not counted by the Tusla education support service when doing school returns given that they are under the age of six; if regulations will be changed to cover all pupils once they attend primary school; the number of pupils falling into this particular category in recent returns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6786/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000. Schools are obliged to notify Tusla in line with the provisions of the Education (Welfare) Act 2000.

Under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 a “child” is defined as a person resident in the State who has reached the age of 6 years and who (a) has not reached the age of 16 years, or (b) has not completed 3 years of post-primary education, whichever occurs later, but shall not include a person who has reached the age of 18 years.

Schools maintain a school register and a school roll. The purpose of the school register is to preserve a permanent record of the school history of each pupil/student. The purpose of the school roll is to record the daily and cumulative attendance of individual pupils/students.