Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a breakdown by gender of the pupils entering or leaving Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary schooling. [36806/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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For the 2020-21 academic year, the available data shows there were 588 sixth-class pupils with home addresses in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school planning area (SPA). For the 2021-22 academic year, the available data shows there were 325 pupils remained in the SPA to attend their first year in a post-primary school within the catchment, while 263 pupils left the SPA to attend schools in neighbouring SPAs. There were 683 first-years in the SPA, with 358 pupils entering the catchment area from neighbouring SPAs to attend first-year of post-primary.

When split by gender, there were 298 boys, with 104 staying in the SPA, 194 leaving, 103 entering from other SPAs resulting in a total of 207 boys in post-primary for Killester, Raheny and Clontarf SPA.