Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 June 2022
100. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of deaf and hard of hearing children in each year in deaf schools and units for deaf and hard of hearing children in mainstream schools. [34848/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe following link gives the data for pupils enrolled in special schools for the deaf. We have supplied data for academic years 2010-2011 to 2020-2021, the last year we have final enrolment data. We expect to publish the final enrolment data for 2021-2022 by the end of June 2022.
In relation to the number of pupils in mainstream schools who have a hearing impairment, The National Council for Special Education have provided us with the following figures for those pupils supported by Visiting Teachers for deaf and hard of hearing children. In 2021 this included:
- Babies/pre-school/other: 658
- Primary School: 2,405
- Post Primary School: 1,721
- Special School: 607
- Total: 5,391
