Paul Murphy
Question:151. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average amount spent each year on subsidies for private education institutions. [47198/19]
View answerTuesday, 19 November 2019
Questions (151)
Written answers
Gross expenditure on the order of €95 million was incurred in 2018 on salaries for teachers and special needs assistants (including employer’s PRSI) in fee-charging schools. The total amount spent on Capital Expenditure (including ICT grants) in 2018 was on the order of €0.958 million.
If the parents of children in the fee charging sector chose to send their children to the non-fee-paying sector, the State would have to fund those school places. In this respect, the figures quoted relate to the gross cost of fee-charging schools and not the net cost. Since it is not possible to predict these patterns of behaviour it is not possible to calculate the net financial position.