asked the Minister for Education if he will state in respect of each of the years 1948-49, 1954-55, and 1955-56 the number of boys and girls, respectively, who completed courses in secondary schools for the leaving certificate examinations.

The number of students who were following the final year of a leaving certificate course in each of the school-years 1948-49, 1954-55 and 1955-56 was as follows:—