Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children enrolled in primary schools as of the 30 September 2021; and the number of pupils enrolled in special schools on the same date. [26264/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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As per the preliminary enrolment figures for 2021-2022, published in December 2021, there are 546,121 pupils enrolled in mainstream primary schools and  8,682 pupils enrolled in special schools; assets.gov.ie/212274/d521dc50-7b9d-4207-9e72-48e01054ab4f.xlsx. 

We expect to publish the final primary enrolments for 2021-2022 by the end of June 2022 and the final enrolments will replace the preliminary enrolments.