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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 30 Jan 1990

Vol. 394 No. 8

Written Answers. - Schools Chaplains.

Tomás MacGiolla

Question:

416 Tomás Mac Giolla asked the Minister for Education the number of chaplains employed in schools in respect of whom salaries are paid from public funds; the total cost of such salaries in the latest year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

At present there are an estimated 77 chaplains attached to post-primary schools who are in receipt of salary payments from public funds. This figure includes a number of part-time chaplains expressed in whole-time teacher equivalents.

The estimated total cost in the current year is £1,420,648.

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