Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 February 2016
486. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been allocated in the capitation and ancillary grant by school over each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4358/16]
View answerI assume the Deputy is referring to primary schools.
The following table outlines the overall expenditure of capitation and ancillary grants at primary level for the years 2011 to 2015. A more detailed breakdown of this data for each of the circa. 3,300 schools for each of the years in question is a resource intensive process and is therefore not readily available to be provided to the Deputy.
The amount of grant paid to an individual primary school for capitation and ancillary services is determined by the school's enrolment, subject to a minimum grant for both capitation and ancillary services in respect of schools with enrolments up to 60, and a maximum ancillary services grant in the case of schools with enrolments of 500 or more.
Expenditure in relation to Capitation Grants and Ancillary Service Grants for Primary Schools
|
- |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
2011 |
|
Ancillary Grant |
€78,823,180.38 |
€77,070,575.16 |
€75,579,772.37 |
€74,015,594.68 |
€72,331,525.96 |
|
Capitation Grant |
€103,796,257.60 |
€103,731,222.81 |
€103,493,193.28 |
€102,425,824.63 |
€107,449,701.40 |
