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asked the Minister for Education the total number of primary schools in the Republic; the number of these controlled by (a) Catholic managers, (b) Church of Ireland managers, (c) managers of the Jewish faith, (d) interdenominational management and (e) others.
22.
asked the Minister for Education the total number of secondary schools in the Republic; the number of these controlled by (a) Catholic management, (b) Church of Ireland management, (c) Jewish management, (d) interdenominational management and (e) others.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 21 and 22 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is furnished in the form of a tabular statement which I will have circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
|
Management |
Number of Schools |
|
|
Primary |
Secondary |
|
|
(a) Catholic |
3,617 |
517 |
|
(b) Church of Ireland |
247 |
* |
|
(c) Jewish |
1 |
1 |
|
(d) Interdenominational |
8 |
* |
|
(e) Others |
9 |
|
|
(f) Presbyterian/ Methodists |
35 |
* |
* There are 35 secondary schools under Protestant management. The Department's records do not show the breakdown as between the various denominations.
