Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 July 2021
510. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost per annum to the Exchequer of keeping teenage and young adults in third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37842/21]
View answerThe latest year for which the data is available is 2018 and is presented in the table below.
|
- |
Primary level |
Post-primary level |
|
Total expenditure |
€ 3,784,796,714 |
€ 3,490,341,316 |
|
Annualized full-time equivalent* enrolment |
562,331 |
416,410 |
|
Expenditure per student |
€ 6,731 |
€ 8,382 |
Note that data on total government expenditure for each level of education is compiled according to the rules and methodology laid out by the OECD.
*The full time equivalent includes full and part time enrolments and is derived as following: full time + 0.5 part time enrolments.
