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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Questions (747)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Question:

747. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of classes at primary school level with 30 pupils or above by county in tabular form. [31139/21]

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Please find below the requested information. The data is for the 2019-20 academic year the most recent year we have data available for. We will update the table as soon as the final enrolment data for 2020-2021 is published, end of June 2021.

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

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

Academic Year 2019-20

No of Classes

Local Authority

Class Size 30+

Carlow County Council

42

Cavan County Council

39

Clare County Council

86

Cork City Council

53

Cork County Council

321

Donegal County Council

112

Dublin City Council

191

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown

135

Fingal County Council

158

Galway City Council

28

Galway County Council

139

Kerry County Council

103

Kildare County Council

173

Kilkenny County Council

66

Laois County Council

53

Leitrim County Council

28

Limerick City and County Council

163

Longford County Council

27

Louth County Council

95

Mayo County Council

77

Meath County Council

195

Monaghan County Council

54

Offaly County Council

49

Roscommon County Council

40

Sligo County Council

43

South Dublin County Council

201

Tipperary County Council

108

Waterford City and County Council

72

Westmeath County Council

77

Wexford County Council

114

Wicklow County Council

95

Grand Total

3137

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