Written answers
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Special Educational Needs
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post primary schools in the country do not have a special class; the name and counties of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29862/25]
Michael Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail)
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For this school year 2024/25 there are 3,335 special classes in 1,633 mainstream schools nationwide - 1,182 mainstream primary schools and 451 mainstream post-primary schools.
For the coming school year 2025/26, 399 additional special classes have been sanctioned to open. This means that there will be over 3,700 special classes in operation in over 1,800 mainstream schools.
Below is a summary of the number of mainstream schools in each county not providing special class for the 2025/26 school year.
No. of Mainstream Schools not providing special class in 2025/26
| County | Primary | Post-Primary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| Cavan | 51 | 3 | 54 |
| Clare | 70 | 2 | 72 |
| Cork | 156 | 17 | 173 |
| Donegal | 135 | 8 | 143 |
| Dublin | 168 | 98 | 266 |
| Galway | 161 | 13 | 174 |
| Kerry | 89 | 4 | 93 |
| Kildare | 39 | 11 | 50 |
| Kilkenny | 41 | 4 | 45 |
| Laois | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Leitrim | 28 | 2 | 30 |
| Limerick | 68 | 8 | 76 |
| Longford | 26 | 1 | 27 |
| Louth | 29 | 8 | 37 |
| Mayo | 126 | 12 | 138 |
| Meath | 53 | 5 | 58 |
| Monaghan | 44 | 3 | 47 |
| Offaly | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Roscommon | 69 | 2 | 71 |
| Sligo | 54 | 6 | 60 |
| Tipperary | 97 | 5 | 102 |
| Waterford | 42 | 3 | 45 |
| Westmeath | 48 | 1 | 49 |
| Wexford | 55 | 8 | 63 |
| Wicklow | 39 | 6 | 45 |
| Total | 1,760 | 233 | 1,993 |
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