Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2026
548. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in post-DEIS schools; and the number of those same students enrolled in a special class, in the current academic year. [6266/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs per preliminary data for academic year 2025-2026 there are 112,258 pupils in DEIS post-primary schools. This data will be replaced by the final data for 2025-2026 in June 2026 at the link below:
www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/collections/post-primary-schools-enrolment-figures/
Data on pupils in special classes in post-primary is provided to the Department by the NCSE, we do not have a complete data set for 2025-26 at this time but will revert to the Deputy with the information requested as soon as it becomes available.
