asked the Minister for Education the number of second level students, within the catchment area of the approved second level school for Ashbourne, County Meath who are currently attending school.
Written Answers. - Ashbourne, Meath, Student Numbers.
154.
My Department do not maintain records of the number of second level students from within a catchment area attending schools. The following table, however, shows the total number of pupils who were in sixth classes at primary schools in the past five school years within the proposed Ashbourne catchment area.
|
Year |
Pupils in Sixth Class |
|
1983-84 |
176 |
|
1984-85 |
174 |
|
1985-86 |
182 |
|
1986-87 |
197 |
|
1987-88 |
178 |
These pupils would attend various post-primary schools principally in the greater Dublin area and in Dunshaughlin, County Meath.