292. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of students that completed the Junior Cycle in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [52940/26]

293. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of The Junior Certificate Schools Programme completion rate since its establishment, in tabular form. [52941/26]

294. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of students that progressed to sit the Leaving Certificate in each of the past ten years. [52942/26]

295. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of the retention rate of students enrolled in the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [52943/26]

296. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the retention rates across voluntary secondary schools, community and comprehensive schools, and ETB schools in the each of the past ten years, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52944/26]

297. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide DEIS school retention rates for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [52945/26]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 292 to 297, inclusive, together.

The Deputy will find below the requested tabulations on retention at post primary level, this is based on the latest data available to the department and was published recently.

Retention amongst Leaving Cert Applied pupils for the last 9 years:

Retention to Junior Certificate

Retention to Leaving Certificate

Retention broken down by school type:

Retention in DEIS schools

Retention by programme and by school type has only been recorded since 2010 onwards.

All of the Departments annual retention reports may be found at this link:

www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/collections/retention/

Tusla is responsible for maintaining a register of all children who are home educated or who attend a school that does not fall under the definition of a ‘recognised school’ as set out in the Education Act 1998.

Tusla has established the Alternative Education Assessment and Registration Service (AEARS), which has oversight of the regulation of provision for education in places other than recognised schools. The legal basis for carrying out assessments in places other than recognised schools is under Section 14 of the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000.

Children under the age of 16 who leave a recognised school for an alternative education setting must register with AEARS for inclusion on the Section 14 register. These children are entitled to and can choose to sit the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate examinations.