Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 June 2022
38. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education the information that the preliminary census results provide in relation to planning for primary and secondary education for the years ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34835/22]
View answerIn the latest DoE published primary and post-primary schools enrolments projections (www.gov.ie/en/collection/projections/ ), the CSO population projections (based on 2016 Census data) were used. In order to derive future schools enrolments, the new CSO population projections (based on 2022 Census results) are needed. The new population projections are not compiled yet. As soon as CSO population projections are available, DoE will update the schools’ enrolment projections model in order to reflect the recent population trends.
