Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of schools that offer computer science as a leaving certificate subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12540/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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In the 2020-21 academic year, 13% of second-level schools offered computer science as a subject in the Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Vocational programmes.

Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who took computer science as a leaving certificate subject in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12541/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The attached table shows the number of pupils taking Computer Science as a subject as part of the Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Vocational programmes for academic years 2019 & 2020, the last year we have available final enrolment figures.

We expect to publish final enrolments for 2021-22 in June of this year.

Note: Above figures are for those pupils taking subject choices Computer Science or Computer Science LC Exam for the years in question.