Theresa Ahearn
Ceist:52 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary children in classes of 30 or more and in classes of 35 or over in the school year 1998-9. [25882/98]
Written Answers - Class Sizes.
The information the Deputy has requested is not yet available to my Department for the 1998-9 school year.
The position in respect of the 1997-8 school year is that there were 176,242 primary pupils in classes of 30 or more and, of that total, some 45,474 were in classes of 35 pupils or more.