Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 23 Oct 1946

Vol. 103 No. 1

Written Answers. - Classes in City Schools.

Risteárd Ua Maolchatha

asked the Minister for Education if he will state in respect of each class in each of the following schools:—(1) Roll No. 1795, Central Model (Infants); (2) 12,448 Gardiner Street Convent; (3) 15,056 North William Street Convent (Girls); (4) 15,816 North William Street Convent (Boys); (5) 16,000 Lower Rutland Street (Senior Girls); (6) 16,002 Lower Rutland Street (Infant Girls); (7) 16,001 Lower Rutland Street (Infant Boys); (8) 15,999 Lower Rutland Street (Senior Boys); and (9) 14,768 St. Patrick's (No. 2) Drumcondra: (a) the standard of the class; (b) the number on the roll; and (c) the attendance on Thursday, 21st February, 1946.

Mr. Aiken

I am furnishing the Deputy, in writing, with the information he requests in respect of each of the following schools:—

Central Model Infants	(1795)
Gardiner Street Convent	(12448)
St. Vincent's Convent North William Street	Senior	(15056)
St. Vincent's Convent North William Street	Junior,	(15816)

Due to the teachers' strike, the information is not available in respect of the other schools named by him in his question.

DUBLIN.		1795
		CENTRAL MODEL INFANTS' N.S
Class	Standard	No. of pupils on Rolls on 21st February, 1946	No. in attendance on same date
Morning Session	Afternoon Session
1	Babies (4 yrs.)	66	43	43
2	Jnr. Infants	55	42	41
3	Mid. Infants	56	44	43
4	Senior Infants	54	35	35
5	Senior Infants	51	37	37
6	Senior Infants	52	50	50
7	Standard I	38	29	31
8	Standard I	43	40	41
9	Standard I	44	38	38
	TOTALS	459	358	359

DUBLIN		12448	GARDINER STREET
				CONVENT
Class	Standard	No. of pupils on Rolls on 21st February, 1946	No. in attendance on same date
Morning Session	Afternoon Session
1	Junior Infants	49	41	40
2	Junior Infants	66	55	55
3	Junior Infants	56	51	50
4	Senior Infants	55	49	51
5	Senior Infants	49	45	45
6	Rang I	59	54	54
7	Junior Infants	57	48	46
8	Junior Infants	47	38	38
9	Senior Infants	60	54	53
10	Senior Infants	64	61	60
11	Rang I	57	51	49
12	Rang II	52	48	48
13	Rang II	51	44	43
14	Rang II	52	51	50
15	Rang III	56	45	47
16	Rang IV	51	45	46
17	Rang IV	52	48	48
18	Rang V	54	47	43
19	Rang V	53	50	48
20	Rang V	53	48	45
21	Rang VI	44	37	37
22	Rang VII agus VIII	56	49	49
23	Naoidh. I	30	20	20
	TOTALS	1,223	1,079	1,065

DUBLIN.		15056 ST. VINCENT'S CONVENT,
			SENIOR.
Class	Standard	No. of pupils on Rolls on 21st February, 1946	No. in attendance on same date
Morning Session	Afternoon Session
1	Junior Infants, Group A	60	54	52
2	Junior Infants, Group B	60	39	37
3	Junior Infants, Group C	59	44	43
4	Junior Infants, Group D	63	47	47
		—242	—184	—179
5	Senr. Infants, Group A	61	55	55
6	Senr. Infants, Group B	60	50	49
		—363	—289	—283
7	1st Standard, Group A	60	54	55
8	1st Standard, Group B	60	55	57
		—120	—109	—112
9	2nd Standard, Group A	59	56	56
10	2nd Standard, Group B	58	53	53
		—117	—109	—109
11	3rd Standard, Group A	53	51	49
12	3rd Standard, Group B	40	38	38
13	3rd Standard, Group C.	22	20	20
		—115	—109	—107
14	4th Standard, Group A	58	54	56
15	4th Standard, Group B	43	37	38
		—101	—91	—94
16	5th Standard, Group A	48	41	42
17	5th Standard, Group B	39	37	36
		—87	—78	—78
18	6th Standard, Group A	42	41	40
		—42	—41	—40
19	7th Standard, Group A	33	30	30
		—33	—30	—30
	TOTALS	978	856	853

DUBLIN		15816 ST. VINCENT'S CONVENT
				JUNIOR
Class	Standard	No. of pupils on Rolls on 21st February, 1946	No. in attendance on same date
Morning Session	Afternoon Session
1	Junior Infants'	40	25	24
2	Junior Infants'	67	43	42
3	Junior Infants'	60	38	38
4	Junior Infants'	60	51	51
5	Senior Infants'	55	50	49
6	Senior Infants'	60	54	52
7	Standard I A	54	52	52
8	Standard I B	56	55	54
9	Standard II A	47	45	45
10	Standard II B	47	42	42
11	Standard II C	47	45	45
12	Standard III A	49	43	43
13	Standard III B	46	41	40
14	Standard IV A	47	44	46
15	Standard VI B	47	45	44
	TOTALS	782	678	667

Risteárd Ua Maolchatha

asked the Minister for Education if he will state, in respect of each class in each of the following schools:—(1) Roll No. 1795, Central Model (Infants); (2) 12,448 Gardiner Street Convent; (3) 15,056 North William Street Convent (Girls); (4) 15,816 North William Street Convent (Boys); (5) 16,000 Lower Rutland Street (Senior Girls); (6) 16,002 Lower Rutland Street (Infant Girls); (7) 16,001 Lower Rutland Street (Infant Boys); (8) 15,999 Lower Rutland Street (Senior Boys); and (9) 14,768 St. Patrick's (No. 2) Drumcondra: (a) (i) the total number on the roll; (ii) the total in attendance on Thursday, 21st February, 1946; (b) the total number of teachers in each school; and (c) whether each school was considered to be adequately staffed with teachers, and if not, what additional teachers were then required, and what steps were being taken to have them appointed.

Minister for Education (Mr. Derrig)

I have furnished the Deputy, in reply to his other question, with the information asked for at (a) (i) and (ii) in this question, in respect of each of the following schools:—

Central Model Infants'	(1795)
Gardiner Street Convent	(12448)
St. Vincent's Convent Senior, North William Street	(15056)
St. Vincent's Convent Junior, North
William Street	(15816)

Due to the teachers' strike, the information is not available in respect of the other schools mentioned in his question.

The following is the information asked for by him at (b) in his question:—

Roll No.	School	No. of Teachers on 21st February, 1946
1795	Central Model Infants'	9
12448	Gardiner Street Convent	26
15056	St. Vincent's Convent, Senior, North William Street	20
15816	St. Vincent's Convent, Junior, North William Street	16
15999	Pro-Cathedral Boys', Lower Rutland Street	11
16000	Pro-Cathedral Girls, Lower Rutland Street	10
16001	Pro-Cathedral Infant Boys', Lr. Rutland Street	9
16002	Pro-Cathedral Infant Girls', Lower Rutland Street	8
14768	St. Patrick's (No. 2), Drumcondra	5

As regards the information asked for by the Deputy at (c) in his question, there was a vacancy for an assistant teacher in the Central Model Infants' School on 21st February, 1946, due to the retirement of a member of the staff shortly before that date. Consideration of the question of the staffing of this school was deferred on the occurrence of the teachers' strike. The normal staff of the school is ten teachers and I regard such a staff as adequate.

With regard to the Pro-Cathedral and St. Patrick's No. 2 National Schools, I regret that, as I have already stated, I cannot give the number of pupils on rolls on 21st February, 1946. There is no recent official information available in regard to the number of pupils on rolls in each class in these schools. The total number on rolls on 31st December, 1945 (the last date for which the information is available) and the average attendances for the quarter ended on that date were as follows:—

Roll No.	School	No. of pupils on rolls on 31st December, 1945	Average attendance Quarter ended 31st December, 1945
15999	Pro-Cathedral, Boys'	543	459.7
16000	Pro-Cathedral Girls'	486	422.4
16001	Pro-Cathedral Infant Boys'	405	353.9
16002	Pro-Cathedral Infant Girls'	381	310.9
14768	St. Patrick's (No. 2)	214	190.4

The staffs of these schools appear to me to be adequate.

In the case of the Gardiner Street Convent and St. Vincent's Convent National Schools, the existing position as regards staffing does not appear to me to be satisfactory and I am having the matter looked into by my Department.