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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 28 Feb 1996

Vol. 462 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Funding.

Brendan Smith

Question:

73 Mr. B. Smith asked the Minister for Education the total financial provision for the Department of Education for each of the years from 1987 to 1995; the percentage increase or decrease each year's allocation represents vis-à-vis the previous year's allocation; the total allocation for youth services on a yearly basis for this period; and the percentage of the total estimate the youth services provision represents each year. [4583/96]

The Gross Financial Provision for the Department of Education, including gross supplementary estimates and the national lottery allocation are summarised in the following table:

Year

Gross Estimate

Increase/Decrease over previous year

(000)

%

1987

1,247,301

+15

1988

1,209,325

–3

1989

1,299,506

+7

1990

1,381,855

+6

1991

1,420,296

+3

1992

1,601,139

+13

1993

1,805,374

+13

1994

1,988,913

+10

1995

2,091,196

+5

The total allocation for the youth services and the percentage of the total gross estimate, as printed in the previous table, the youth services provision represents each year are summarised in the following table:

Year

Youth Services Allocation

Youth Allocation as % of Total Gross Estimates

(000)

%

1987

3,766

0.30

1988

10,000

0.83

1989

8,045

0.62

1990

8,806

0.64

1991

9,806

0.69

1992

10,806

0.67

1993

11,452

0.63

1994

12,064

0.61

1995

12,615

0.60

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