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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018

Tuesday, 24 July 2018

Questions (606)

Brendan Howlin

Question:

606. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes and payments or hiring of staff to which the additional €49 million allocated to his Department in 2019 to meet demographic costs will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35227/18]

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The Mid-Year Expenditure Report 2018, which was published on 19th July by the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, sets out the pre-Budget Ministerial Gross Current Expenditure Ceilings for all Departments. These ceilings are set out on a technical pre-Budget basis, with the budgetary decisions for 2019 to be incorporated into Ministerial Expenditure Ceilings to be published on Budget day. The starting current expenditure baseline for all Departments is the allocation for this year as set out in REV 2018, with an additional provision for demographics in the allocation of the Department of Education and Skills and certain other Departments.

The ceiling for 2019 as set out in the Report for my Department is €9,392 million, compared to a REV 2018 allocation of €9,343 million. The additional €49 million provides for certain demographic costs including additional mainstream teachers and capitation in schools and higher education demographics.

The expenditure allocation for mainstream school teachers and capitation in the Mid-Year Expenditure Report does not take account of the revised demographic forecasts and updated methodology for calculation of costs which are set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Spending Review Paper “Pay Expenditure Drivers at Primary and Second Level” which was published alongside the 2018 Mid-Year Expenditure Report. The Department will be engaging with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as part of the Estimates process regarding the overall demographic requirements in 2019.

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