Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2024
856. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the number of students at Irish-medium primary and post-primary schools in the 2023-24 school year; and the expected student numbers at Irish-medium primary and post-primary schools for each of the next five years. [33444/24]
View answerFor academic year 2023/24 there were 43,429 pupils in Irish medium primary schools and 14,236 pupils in Irish medium post-primary schools.
At primary level Irish medium schools are those schools with an Irish Classification of "all subject through Irish", for post-primary, Irish medium schools are those schools with an Irish Classification of "all pupils taught all subjects through Irish". Data is sourced from final primary and post-primary enrolment data for 2023/24 which can be found at the link below:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/
Our latest projection report is available at the link below and the Department does not collate projections on an individual school basis so no data is available regarding projections for Irish medium schools:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/projections/.
