Departmental Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 October 2022

Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Ceisteanna (144)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the total number of gaelscoileanna currently operational in the State. [50003/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education

For academic year 2021-2022, the most recent year we have published data, there were 252 Gaelscoileanna in the State.

The figure for Gaelscoileanna is the number of mainstream primary schools which have "All Subjects Through Irish" as their Irish Classification Description.

This figures are collated from the relevant, Primary Data on Individual Schools, tables published on the DES website and can be found at the link below;

www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/

Question No. 145 answered with Question No. 85.