Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 January 2023
464. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the total number of enrolments in primary and post-primary schools; the total number of whole-time equivalent teaching posts in each of the years 2018 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4686/23]
View answerAs per our recently published preliminary enrolments figures for 2022-2023, there are 558,133 pupils enrolled in primary schools and 406,457 pupils in post-primary schools. The preliminary 2022-2023 enrolments will be replaced by the final enrolments in June 2023.
www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/
Please find attached requested data for the number of teaching posts for 2018-2020, 2020 being the last year we have final data for. This information can be found in our Education Indicators for Ireland report which was published in December 2021 and we expect to publish the latest the 2022 report in the near future.
|
Year |
Number of primary teaching posts allocated |
Number of post-primary teaching posts allocated |
Total |
|
2018 |
37,341 |
28,474 |
65,815 |
|
2019 |
37,839 |
29,093 |
66,932 |
|
2020 |
38,604 |
30,617 |
69,221 |
www.assets.gov.ie/212247/a97b6e7c-92bb-4039-938f-1eda1736fb99.pdf
