Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2008
613 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure on education in 2009, arising from the budget 2009 statement; if he will provide this figure as a percentage of GDP; if he will provide the 2009 figure in a table that also outlines the spending on education as a percentage of GDP for the years 2000 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/08]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table.
|
Year |
Total Education Expenditure |
Gross Domestic Product |
% |
|
€’000 |
€m |
% |
|
|
2000 |
4,233,233 |
104,620 |
4.0 |
|
2001 |
4,791,378 |
116,939 |
4.1 |
|
2002 |
5,390,451 |
130,215 |
4.1 |
|
2003 |
5,864,783 |
139,413 |
4.2 |
|
2004 |
6,597,296 |
148,975 |
4.4 |
|
2005 |
7,217,797 |
162,168 |
4.5 |
|
2006 |
7,896,897 |
177,286 |
4.5 |
|
2007 |
8,704,590 |
190,603 |
4.6 |
|
2008 Estimate |
9,325,795 |
187,300 |
5.0 |
|
2009 Estimate |
9,627,557 |
188,125 |
5.1 |
