The data is being collected by the Department of Education.
The number of children who opt out of religion in primary school is being counted for the first time.
Principals are being asked to report the number of parents who withdrew their kids from religious instruction in this year's school census return.
The Department of Education is collecting the data.
Principal of Carlow Educate Together, Simon Lewis, says it is astonishing that it has taken this long:
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