228. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of pupils enrolled in primary and post-primary schools, by county over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56123/25]
Topics / School Enrolments
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchool Enrolments
308 questions from 75 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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307 written, 1 oral
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| January 2025 | 11 |
| February 2025 | 18 |
| March 2025 | 17 |
| April 2025 | 10 |
| May 2025 | 12 |
| June 2025 | 13 |
| July 2025 | 21 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 2 |
| October 2025 | 5 |
| November 2025 | 25 |
| December 2025 | 21 |
| January 2026 | 27 |
| February 2026 | 29 |
| March 2026 | 14 |
| April 2026 | 17 |
| May 2026 | 17 |
| June 2026 | 15 |
| July 2026 | 21 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 9 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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187. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to complete an assessment of enrolment policies in the secondary schools in Dublin Fingal East; to identify geographical areas in the constituency that are disadvantaged by schools enrolment policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54330/25]
222. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of children from the Donabate and Portrane area travelling to primary and secondary school outside of the area in the 2024 school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53671/25]
281. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to increase capacity in a school (details supplied) to cater for the growing number of applicants in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52623/25]
59. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is possible to create a single enrolment policy for the schools in Fingal, based on either catchment area or feeder school system as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50564/25]
271. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 8 September 2025, the options available to a person (details supplied) to secure a secondary school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49677/25]
1013. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary and post-primary schools in Cork city and county currently operating above enrolment capacity; the projected demand for additional school places over the next five years for Cork city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40954/25]
1055. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in County Meath still without an appropriate school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41446/25]
1059. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently still without a school place for September; the number of children waiting for autism classes with no other school placement; the number of children waiting for a place in a special education school; the number of children who have been offered places but there is no building ready; the number of children in mainstre…
1108. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if enrolment increases over the summer months, if a school (details supplied) will be entitled to keep its current staffing levels given it is due to lose a teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42214/25]
1121. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Greystones is one of the areas to be included in the pilot common application system for the 2025-2026 admissions process; if not, if she will include it in this pilot considering the recurring enrolment issues for secondary school places in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42430/25]
1126. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for when a common enrolment policy will be in place for post-primary schools in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42475/25]
1170. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department’s planning unit has assessed the need for additional primary school places in Kildare town; her plans to meet the demand for school places; if she is aware of the extensive housing developments taking place locally which will give rise to even greater demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42936/25]
1277. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary school places projected to be needed in Dublin 11 by 2027; and whether current school building plans are sufficient to meet this demand. [44059/25]
1312. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of children waiting on a school place in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44356/25]
1316. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of children waiting on a school place in south Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44411/25]
79. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on her plans to address the projected population growth in Portmarnock; the projected impact this will have on school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39781/25]
100. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently awaiting a place in a secondary school; her Department’s plans to ensure that every child who finished sixth class in 2025 is able to progress to secondary school in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40176/25]
156. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the projected population growth in Donabate outpaces her Department’s delivery of new primary and secondary schools for the area; if her Department, via the capital plan for the area, will ensure that the delivery of new schools is prioritised to meet the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39785/25]
63. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 3 July 2025, the number of students enrolled in the school each September from 2015-2024; the number of students enrolled in the school at the end of the school year each June from 2016-2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38207/25]
408. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who travelled to school outside the Donabate area and the schools attended for the 2024-2025 academic school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37325/25]
206. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools in DEIS band 1 areas that currently have waiting lists for junior infants; and the plans in place to increase capacity in areas with growing school age populations. [36705/25]
109. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of first year places offered for the 2025-2026 school term for post primary schools within the Donaghmede Dublin 13 school planning area. [36507/25]
110. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the projected number of junior infant enrolments in the Donaghmede Dublin 13 school planning area for September 2025, September 2026 and September 2027, in tabular form. [36508/25]
391. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in the east Cork constituency on a waiting list for a school place in special schools, for 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36019/25]