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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 September 2020

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Questions (614)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Question:

614. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the schools that have returned for the 2020/2021 academic year with classes of 30 or more by county in tabular form and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22391/20]

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The information requested by the deputy is not available. Provisional data for the academic year 2020/2021 will be available in January 2021.

Please find attached information for the academic year 2019/2020 - the most recent available data.

The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class Size tables published on the DES website and can be found at the link below;

https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individual-Schools/primary/

Academic Year: 2019/2020

Number of schools with classes of 30 or greater grouped by Local Authority

Local Authority

Number of Schools with Classes => 30

Carlow County Council

19

Cavan County Council

25

Clare County Council

38

Cork City Council

26

Cork County Council

147

Donegal County Council

54

Dublin City Council

64

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown

41

Fingal County Council

49

Galway City Council

11

Galway County Council

69

Kerry County Council

48

Kildare County Council

60

Kilkenny County Council

36

Laois County Council

27

Leitrim County Council

12

Limerick City and County Council

65

Longford County Council

11

Louth County Council

36

Mayo County Council

44

Meath County Council

74

Monaghan County Council

31

Offaly County Council

25

Roscommon County Council

26

Sligo County Council

20

South Dublin County Council

49

Tipperary County Council

55

Waterford City and County Council

29

Westmeath County Council

31

Wexford County Council

54

Wicklow County Council

42

Grand Total

1318

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