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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 7 Mar 2002

Vol. 550 No. 2

Written Answers. - European Schools.

David Stanton

Question:

597 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 26 February 2002, the number of Irish students in each of the schools mentioned; when the Irish guidance counsellors will visit the three schools mentioned; the dates on which the most recent visits by inspectors took place to each school; when each school is to be visited next; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7765/02]

The latest available data on the numbers of Irish students in the European schools is set out below in statistics sourced from "Population scolaire des écoles européennes résumé 2000".

School

Primary

Second Level

Alicante

***

***

Bergen

5

3

Brussels I

35

38

Brussels II

65

54

Brussels III

===

43

Culham

3

10

Frankfurt

***

***

Karlsruhe

7

1

Luxembourg

43

54

Mol

N/A

N/A

Munich

4

3

Varese

9

6

Total

171

212

Overall total of students: 383
*** Alicante and Frankfurt will not operate until September 2002.
=== As the primary section in Brussels III is a new section in a new school, no figures are available as yet for Irish students.
N/AMol European School has no anglophone section and hence has no Irish students.
Irish guidance counsellors visited the three schools mentioned during the week 18 to 22 February 2002. A further visit is planned in June. With regard to inspection visits, the following table sets out the information requested:

School

Last visit

Next planned visit

Bergen

03/10/2001

May 2002

Brussels (I)

06/07/2001

March 2002

Brussels (II)

20/11/2001

May 2002

Brussels (III)

07/02/2002

March 2002

Culham

12/12/2001

October 2002

Karlsruhe

16/05/2000

May 2002

Luxembourg

27/02/2002

October 2002

Mol

16/11/2001

May 2002

Munich

(no Irishteacherbefore 2001)

May 2002

Varese

18/10/2001

May 2002

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