§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list the Irish-medium(a) primary and (b) secondary schools and state the number of pupils enrolled in each at the start of the current school year. [80611]
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§ Mr. McFallThe information requested is as follows:
Primary Pupils Bunscoil Phobal Feirste 332 Bunscoil Na Fuiseoige 77 Bunscoil Na Bhfal 187 Bunscoil Cholmiclle 218 Bunscoil An Tsleibhe Dhuibh 118 Bunscoil Bheann Mhadagain 82 Bunscoil An Iuir 60 Bunscoil Larigh 31 Bunscoil Ui Neill 35 Bunscoil An Droichead 31 Bunscoil Dhal Riada 18 Secondary Meanscoil Feirste 268 Meanscoil 65
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many school pupils were being taught in the Irish language medium in each year since 1985. [80612]
§ Mr. McFallInformation on the number of pupils taught in Irish Medium schools is as follows:
Year Pupils 1985–86 198 1986–87 253 1987–88 304 1988–89 339 1989–90 370 1990–91 378 1991–92 400 1992–93 527 1993–94 771 1994–95 847 1995–96 1,038 1996–97 1,167 1997–98 1,375 1998–99 1,522 Figures on pupils in Irish medium units in English medium schools are not available.