Charlie McConalogue
Ceist:158. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the most recent truancy rates for Dublin broken down on an area basis. [40929/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 26 September 2012
Ceisteanna (158, 159)
Charlie McConalogue
Ceist:159. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the most recent truancy rates broken down on a county basis. [40930/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together.
Under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 all recognised schools are obliged to submit an Annual Attendance Report to the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB), which operates under the remit of my Department, on the levels of school attendance each year. The data collected on non-attendance in primary and post-primary schools through the Annual Attendance Report are collated, analysed and published on an academic year basis by the NEWB. This data can be used to monitor the levels of attendance, exclusions and suspensions across all of the country's primary and post-primary schools.
A county breakdown of the attendance rates up to the 09/10 school year, this being the most recent period for which published data is available, is provided within these reports. The Board advises that data are not collated in such a way as to allow all the breakdowns requested by the Deputy. The series of reports is available in full on the website of the NEWB at www.newb.ie.