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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 May 2023

Thursday, 25 May 2023

Questions (158)

Thomas Pringle

Question:

158. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the amount of funding provided to each of the 21 education centres in Ireland for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25420/23]

Written answers

Minister for Education

My Department issue funding to the Education Support Centres in three tranches annually following a detailed draw-down process and confirmation that the centres are in compliance with governance requirements. The majority of funding relates to the following categories:

• core grant (for the normal day to day running and operational expenses of the Centre)

• local course grant (for local courses as required in the catchment area)

• minor works grant (for minor repairs/maintenance of premises)

Centres may also apply to be considered for funding under an Emergency Works Scheme. Limited funding under this scheme is available for capital projects such as building repairs each year.

The funding provided to each of the 21 Education Support Centres over the last five years is shown in the table below:

 

Education Support Centre	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Total
Athlone	241,475	128,453	166,409	208,726	211,806	956,868
Blackrock	176,717	276,000	265,966	224,025	293,540	1,236,249
Carrick on Shannon	139,330	148,552	218,169	218,049	222,354	946,454
Clare	217,556	192,784	212,780	173,405	186,386	982,911
Cork	210,868	191,049	308,236	298,019	314,163	1,322,335
Donegal	317,595	198,823	232,281	202,983	213,501	1,165,183
Drumcondra	226,725	253,126	217,814	277,447	266,243	1,241,355
Dublin West	222,587	174,523	282,761	255,293	326,643	1,261,808
Galway	344,868	389,045	243,317	243,749	263,732	1,484,711
Kildare	204,981	162,490	200,506	200,819	203,377	972,173
Kilkenny	-	55,511	179,492	210,355	226,577	671,935
Laois	117,985	154,290	185,997	187,495	191,615	837,382
Limerick	340,478	333,820	429,618	430,798	436,948	1,971,662
Mayo	212,790	212,147	176,709	227,391	231,385	1,060,423
Monaghan	110,513	142,150	220,025	220,376	240,551	933,615
Navan	244,349	166,074	243,349	243,810	248,422	1,146,003
Sligo	171,480	170,034	201,056	214,824	221,373	978,767
Tralee	248,208	86,886	216,070	228,324	233,244	1,012,732
Waterford	190,413	170,327	235,289	237,113	238,589	1,071,731
West Cork	285,119	173,859	183,903	176,336	232,154	1,051,371
Wexford	237,564	149,753	243,702	247,086	249,853	1,127,957
Total	4,461,601	3,929,694	4,863,449	4,926,422	5,252,456	23,433,623