Written answers
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Department of Education and Skills
School Patronage
Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats)
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577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of the number of multidenominational schools, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23701/25]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Government commits to seeking to increase choice for parents by ensuring that families can access both multi/non-denominational and faith based education.
The Schools Reconfiguration for diversity process, supporting transfers of schools to multi-denominational patrons in response to the wishes of local communities, has been developed in order to meet demand from parents.
When a school transfers from the patronage of one patron to another, the school remains open with the same roll number and operating from the same school property.
Given the importance of increasing choice for parents. I intend to publish a plan to meet the commitment contained in the Programme for Government regarding multi-denominational education.
A list of multi-denominational schools broken down by county, along with a list of inter-denominational schools by county, is provided below in tabular form.
| Multi-denominational Schools | Mainstream Primary Schools | Special Schools | Post-primary schools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Cavan | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Clare | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Cork | 14 | 4 | 12 |
| Donegal | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Dublin | 72 | 11 | 40 |
| Galway | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| Kerry | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Kildare | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| Kilkenny | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Laois | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Limerick | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Longford | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Louth | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Mayo | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Meath | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| Monaghan | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Offaly | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Waterford | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Westmeath | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Wexford | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Wicklow | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Total | 156 | 33 | 211 |
Inter-Denominational Schools | Mainstream Primary Schools | Post-Primary Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 0 | 1 |
| Cavan | 0 | 2 |
| Clare | 0 | 7 |
| Cork | 0 | 24 |
| Donegal | 3 | 11 |
| Dublin | 3 | 36 |
| Galway | 0 | 8 |
| Kerry | 0 | 6 |
| Kildare | 2 | 5 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 3 |
| Laois | 1 | 3 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 2 |
| Limerick | 0 | 7 |
| Longford | 0 | 2 |
| Louth | 0 | 1 |
| Mayo | 0 | 3 |
| Meath | 1 | 7 |
| Monaghan | 1 | 2 |
| Offaly | 0 | 2 |
| Roscommon | 0 | 2 |
| Sligo | 0 | 1 |
| Tipperary | 0 | 3 |
| Waterford | 0 | 4 |
| Westmeath | 1 | 1 |
| Wexford | 0 | 3 |
| Wicklow | 4 | 2 |
| Totals | 16 | 148 |
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