Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2022
375. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of classes at primary school level with 30 pupils or above by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25970/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraPlease find below the requested information. The data is for the 2020-21 academic year the most recent year we have data available for. We will update the table as soon as the final enrolment data for 2021-2022 is published, end of June 2022.
The Deputy will be aware that the general staffing schedule is based on a 25:1 ratio.
Academic Year 2020 - 2021
|
County |
Classes with 30 pupils or more |
|
Carlow |
37 |
|
Cavan |
35 |
|
Clare |
74 |
|
Cork |
294 |
|
Donegal |
85 |
|
Dublin |
555 |
|
Galway |
142 |
|
Kerry |
79 |
|
Kildare |
129 |
|
Kilkenny |
56 |
|
Laois |
32 |
|
Leitrim |
18 |
|
Limerick |
125 |
|
Longford |
20 |
|
Louth |
89 |
|
Mayo |
69 |
|
Meath |
157 |
|
Monaghan |
44 |
|
Offaly |
46 |
|
Roscommon |
26 |
|
Sligo |
38 |
|
Tipperary |
74 |
|
Waterford |
60 |
|
Westmeath |
65 |
|
Wexford |
74 |
|
Wicklow |
82 |
|
Grand Total |
2,505 |
The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and are collated from the relevant Class Size tables published on the DES website and can be found at the link below.
www.gov.ie/en/collection/class-size-information-at-individual-primary-school-level/.
