asked the Minister for Education the amount of money spent in County Donegal on national schools vis-à-vis second level schools for each of the last ten years.
Written Answers. - Donegal Schools Expenditure
561.
I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works, who are my Department's technical advisers in relation to national school building work, that expenditure on the building of new schools and the extension of existing schools in County Donegal during the period in question was as follows:
NATIONAL SCHOOLS
Financial Year |
Expenditure(in units of £000s) |
£ |
|
1/4/1971—31/3/1972 |
65 |
1/4/1972—31/3/1973 |
76 |
1/4/1973—31/3/1974 |
135 |
1/4/1974—31/12/1974 |
224 |
(9 months) |
|
1975 |
180 |
1976 |
183 |
1977 |
280 |
1978 |
459 |
1979 |
629 |
1980 |
571 |
The corresponding expenditure on second level schools in County Donegal in the same period was as follows:
Financial Year |
£ |
1971/72 |
259 |
1972/73 |
54 |
1973/74 |
246 |
1974 |
357 |
1975 |
303 |
1976 |
110 |
1977 |
158 |
1978 |
199 |
1979 |
616 |
1980 |
803 |