Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 December 2020
201. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if additional funding will be put in place to recognise the additional heating and refuse costs for schools in 2020 and the lost income from room rental. [44086/20]
View answerMy Department provides capitation funding to all recognised schools in the Free Education Scheme.
The two main grants are the capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs including heating and refuse costs.
I understand the need for improved capitation funding and I am pleased to have been able to provide for a further 2.5% increase in standard capitation funding for primary and post-primary schools that applied from the start of the 2020/21 school year. This builds on last year’s 5% increase in capitation announced in budget 2019.
It is my intention to seek funding for further capitation increases in future budgets.
