Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015
758. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of pupils, by county, in both primary and secondary schools who are in classes of over 30 pupils or more, for the years 2011 to 2014 and 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11190/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe number of pupils in classes over 30 for the years requested is available by individual primary school on the Department's website at the following link http://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individual-Schools/. This list includes the county council of the school.
Due to the moveable nature of classes at post-primary level depending on subject choices, class size data is not available at post-primary level.
