Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early school leavers by county in each of the years between 2016 and 2022, in tabular form. [61136/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Please find attached requested tables for years 2016-2021, the last year for which we have data available.

Early school leavers table 2016

Early school leavers table 2017

Early school leavers table 2018

Early school leavers table 2019

Early school leavers table 2020

Early school leavers table 2021

The retention rate is calculated based on the first-year entry, tracking the progression through post-primary until the leaving certificate examination.  The number of early school leavers is the number of pupils who have not sat their Leaving Certificate from the initial cohort of first-year students.