I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 to 257, inclusive, together.
The information requested is provided in the National School Annual Census Return. Results from the Census for the current school year (2013/2014) are not yet available. The attached table shows the number of mainstream primary school pupils in each standard on a county basis for the 2012/13 school year.
Mainstream pupils by standard and county
Year
|
County Name
|
Mainstream Pupils
|
Standard
|
2012
|
Carlow
|
990
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Carlow
|
867
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Carlow
|
915
|
1st
|
2012
|
Carlow
|
892
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Carlow
|
921
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Carlow
|
901
|
4th
|
2012
|
Carlow
|
883
|
5th
|
2012
|
Carlow
|
821
|
6th
|
2012
|
Cavan
|
1,274
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Cavan
|
1,210
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Cavan
|
1,098
|
1st
|
2012
|
Cavan
|
1,125
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Cavan
|
1,144
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Cavan
|
1,130
|
4th
|
2012
|
Cavan
|
1,081
|
5th
|
2012
|
Cavan
|
1,077
|
6th
|
2012
|
Clare
|
1,806
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Clare
|
1,815
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Clare
|
1,661
|
1st
|
2012
|
Clare
|
1,675
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Clare
|
1,679
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Clare
|
1,683
|
4th
|
2012
|
Clare
|
1,674
|
5th
|
2012
|
Clare
|
1,508
|
6th
|
2012
|
Cork
|
8,025
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Cork
|
7,725
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Cork
|
7,119
|
1st
|
2012
|
Cork
|
7,138
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Cork
|
7,095
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Cork
|
7,057
|
4th
|
2012
|
Cork
|
6,890
|
5th
|
2012
|
Cork
|
6,734
|
6th
|
2012
|
Donegal
|
2,501
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Donegal
|
2,340
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Donegal
|
2,306
|
1st
|
2012
|
Donegal
|
2,267
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Donegal
|
2,415
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Donegal
|
2,263
|
4th
|
2012
|
Donegal
|
2,353
|
5th
|
2012
|
Donegal
|
2,257
|
6th
|
2012
|
Dublin
|
17,998
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Dublin
|
16,824
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Dublin
|
15,594
|
1st
|
2012
|
Dublin
|
15,454
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Dublin
|
15,617
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Dublin
|
15,084
|
4th
|
2012
|
Dublin
|
14,722
|
5th
|
2012
|
Dublin
|
14,121
|
6th
|
2012
|
Galway
|
3,933
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Galway
|
3,657
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Galway
|
3,463
|
1st
|
2012
|
Galway
|
3,565
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Galway
|
3,507
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Galway
|
3,441
|
4th
|
2012
|
Galway
|
3,370
|
5th
|
2012
|
Galway
|
3,303
|
6th
|
2012
|
Kerry
|
2,164
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Kerry
|
1,983
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Kerry
|
1,856
|
1st
|
2012
|
Kerry
|
1,875
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Kerry
|
1,936
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Kerry
|
1,940
|
4th
|
2012
|
Kerry
|
1,873
|
5th
|
2012
|
Kerry
|
1,832
|
6th
|
2012
|
Kildare
|
3,871
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Kildare
|
3,593
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Kildare
|
3,360
|
1st
|
2012
|
Kildare
|
3,422
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Kildare
|
3,598
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Kildare
|
3,542
|
4th
|
2012
|
Kildare
|
3,372
|
5th
|
2012
|
Kildare
|
3,246
|
6th
|
2012
|
Kilkenny
|
1,384
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Kilkenny
|
1,331
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Kilkenny
|
1,289
|
1st
|
2012
|
Kilkenny
|
1,244
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Kilkenny
|
1,328
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Kilkenny
|
1,284
|
4th
|
2012
|
Kilkenny
|
1,321
|
5th
|
2012
|
Kilkenny
|
1,266
|
6th
|
2012
|
Laois
|
1,476
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Laois
|
1,406
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Laois
|
1,175
|
1st
|
2012
|
Laois
|
1,266
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Laois
|
1,280
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Laois
|
1,277
|
4th
|
2012
|
Laois
|
1,142
|
5th
|
2012
|
Laois
|
1,155
|
6th
|
2012
|
Leitrim
|
429
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Leitrim
|
497
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Leitrim
|
461
|
1st
|
2012
|
Leitrim
|
431
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Leitrim
|
462
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Leitrim
|
415
|
4th
|
2012
|
Leitrim
|
464
|
5th
|
2012
|
Leitrim
|
397
|
6th
|
2012
|
Limerick
|
2,971
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Limerick
|
2,811
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Limerick
|
2,624
|
1st
|
2012
|
Limerick
|
2,545
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Limerick
|
2,582
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Limerick
|
2,581
|
4th
|
2012
|
Limerick
|
2,468
|
5th
|
2012
|
Limerick
|
2,563
|
6th
|
2012
|
Longford
|
688
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Longford
|
659
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Longford
|
631
|
1st
|
2012
|
Longford
|
624
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Longford
|
608
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Longford
|
632
|
4th
|
2012
|
Longford
|
647
|
5th
|
2012
|
Longford
|
617
|
6th
|
2012
|
Louth
|
2,162
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Louth
|
2,156
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Louth
|
1,937
|
1st
|
2012
|
Louth
|
1,940
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Louth
|
2,010
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Louth
|
1,933
|
4th
|
2012
|
Louth
|
1,924
|
5th
|
2012
|
Louth
|
1,949
|
6th
|
2012
|
Mayo
|
1,870
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Mayo
|
1,791
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Mayo
|
1,813
|
1st
|
2012
|
Mayo
|
1,785
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Mayo
|
1,780
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Mayo
|
1,772
|
4th
|
2012
|
Mayo
|
1,778
|
5th
|
2012
|
Mayo
|
1,757
|
6th
|
2012
|
Meath
|
3,459
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Meath
|
3,305
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Meath
|
3,088
|
1st
|
2012
|
Meath
|
3,049
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Meath
|
3,026
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Meath
|
2,869
|
4th
|
2012
|
Meath
|
2,916
|
5th
|
2012
|
Meath
|
2,722
|
6th
|
2012
|
Monaghan
|
1,036
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Monaghan
|
909
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Monaghan
|
937
|
1st
|
2012
|
Monaghan
|
911
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Monaghan
|
854
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Monaghan
|
859
|
4th
|
2012
|
Monaghan
|
815
|
5th
|
2012
|
Monaghan
|
834
|
6th
|
2012
|
Offaly
|
1,192
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Offaly
|
1,154
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Offaly
|
1,199
|
1st
|
2012
|
Offaly
|
1,133
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Offaly
|
1,243
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Offaly
|
1,206
|
4th
|
2012
|
Offaly
|
1,233
|
5th
|
2012
|
Offaly
|
1,149
|
6th
|
2012
|
Roscommon
|
923
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Roscommon
|
894
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Roscommon
|
851
|
1st
|
2012
|
Roscommon
|
870
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Roscommon
|
903
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Roscommon
|
838
|
4th
|
2012
|
Roscommon
|
908
|
5th
|
2012
|
Roscommon
|
869
|
6th
|
2012
|
Sligo
|
953
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Sligo
|
951
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Sligo
|
816
|
1st
|
2012
|
Sligo
|
893
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Sligo
|
860
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Sligo
|
841
|
4th
|
2012
|
Sligo
|
820
|
5th
|
2012
|
Sligo
|
868
|
6th
|
2012
|
Tipperary
|
2,371
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Tipperary
|
2,373
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Tipperary
|
2,256
|
1st
|
2012
|
Tipperary
|
2,331
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Tipperary
|
2,146
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Tipperary
|
2,163
|
4th
|
2012
|
Tipperary
|
2,299
|
5th
|
2012
|
Tipperary
|
2,172
|
6th
|
2012
|
Waterford
|
1,827
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Waterford
|
1,773
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Waterford
|
1,689
|
1st
|
2012
|
Waterford
|
1,634
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Waterford
|
1,707
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Waterford
|
1,677
|
4th
|
2012
|
Waterford
|
1,702
|
5th
|
2012
|
Waterford
|
1,718
|
6th
|
2012
|
Westmeath
|
1,443
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Westmeath
|
1,356
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Westmeath
|
1,295
|
1st
|
2012
|
Westmeath
|
1,327
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Westmeath
|
1,340
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Westmeath
|
1,312
|
4th
|
2012
|
Westmeath
|
1,319
|
5th
|
2012
|
Westmeath
|
1,254
|
6th
|
2012
|
Wexford
|
2,378
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Wexford
|
2,327
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Wexford
|
2,206
|
1st
|
2012
|
Wexford
|
2,169
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Wexford
|
2,268
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Wexford
|
2,161
|
4th
|
2012
|
Wexford
|
2,130
|
5th
|
2012
|
Wexford
|
2,024
|
6th
|
2012
|
Wicklow
|
2,311
|
Junior Infants
|
2012
|
Wicklow
|
2,145
|
Senior Infants
|
2012
|
Wicklow
|
1,968
|
1st
|
2012
|
Wicklow
|
2,064
|
2nd
|
2012
|
Wicklow
|
1,982
|
3rd
|
2012
|
Wicklow
|
1,931
|
4th
|
2012
|
Wicklow
|
1,882
|
5th
|
2012
|
Wicklow
|
1,871
|
6th
|