Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on waiting lists for enrolment in primary and post primary schools per county. [58015/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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School admissions policies, including the selection criterion to be used where the school is oversubscribed, must comply with the 2018 Act, be non-discriminatory and be applied fairly in respect of all applicants. A school must accept all applicants unless oversubscribed. All schools must clearly set out their selection criteria in their admission policies. Schools have discretion in relation to their admission criteria and how they are applied. The criteria to be applied by schools and the order of priority are a matter for the schools themselves. The department does not seek to intervene in the selection criterion that is applied by schools.

Where a school is oversubscribed in any particular year, they must compile a waiting list of students whose applications for admission to the intake group were unsuccessful due to the school being oversubscribed. The school must use this list to fill vacancies arising during the school year in question only.

The Department does not collect the data requested by the deputy.