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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 22 Oct 1986

Vol. 369 No. 1

Written Answers. - Free School Books.

431.

asked the Minister for Education if he will state in respect of each of the years since 1982 the financial allocation paid towards the cost of free school books in each vocational educational committee area.

The financial allocations in respect of school books for necessitous pupils in individual vocational education committee areas for the years 1982-86 inclusive are outlined in the following tabular statement.

Scheme of Aid towards the Cost of School Books for Necessitous Pupils in Vocational Schools.

Vocational Education Committee

Financial Allocations for years 1982-86

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

£

£

£

£

£

City of Cork

6,400

6,500

7,040

7,261

8,090

City of Dublin

40,800

38,000

44,940

49,571

52,000

City of Limerick

6,000

6,450

7,000

7,398

7,865

City of Waterford

4,700

4,880

5,270

6,374

6,750

Town of Bray

2,800

2,800

2,980

3,141

3,325

Town of Drogheda

5,200

5,420

6,100

7,153

7,255

Borough of Dún Laoghaire

3,720

4,900

4,820

5,175

5,515

City of Galway

5,900

5,170

5,780

6,176

6,885

Town of Sligo

1,660

1,360

1,540

1,794

1,800

Town of Tralee

2,860

2,780

2,810

3,070

3,715

Town of Wexford

2,900

2,670

2,980

3,305

3,950

Co. Carlow

4,920

4,480

4,780

5,562

6,170

Co. Cavan

5,100

5,160

5,400

6,312

6,565

Co. Clare

8,100

8,140

8,560

8,970

10,000

Co. Cork

24,300

24,020

28,040

32,198

33,890

Co. Donegal

12,200

13,520

14,590

16,047

17,040

Co. Dublin

15,000

16,300

19,960

26,202

32,305

Co. Galway

10,700

10,760

11,630

13,408

13,030

Co. Kerry

10,800

11,380

12,590

13,786

13,600

Co. Kildare

11,600

12,100

14,290

16,052

17,000

Co. Kilkenny

7,400

8,160

8,460

9,206

10,740

Co. Laois

5,200

5,580

5,800

6,119

6,050

Co. Leitrim

4,100

4,290

3,950

4,344

5,400

Co. Limerick

6,800

6,800

7,280

9,206

9,750

Co. Longford

4,200

4,940

4,620

5,109

5,595

Co. Louth

4,820

4,910

5,780

6,747

7,630

Co. Mayo

11,000

11,170

12,010

12,842

13,500

Co. Meath

10,900

11,280

12,340

14,164

14,500

Co. Monaghan

8,460

7,400

7,920

9,367

10,025

Co. Offaly

10,260

8,480

8,820

10,009

11,005

Co. Roscommon

3,600

3,920

4,500

5,194

5,000

Co. Sligo

4,900

2,920

3,370

3,848

4,135

Co. Tipperary (NR)

9,100

9,020

9,858

10,552

11,875

Co. Tipperary (SR)

7,400

7,600

9,200

10,269

11,450

Co. Waterford

2,400

2,560

2,012

3,117

3,375

Co. Westmeath

6,300

5,840

6,870

7,634

8,405

Co. Wexford

8,600

9,200

10,240

11,803

12,235

Co. Wicklow

8,900

9,140

9,870

11,515

12,580

Total

310,000

310,000

344,000

390,000

420,000

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