Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 25 Oct 1983

Vol. 345 No. 3

Written Answers. - Secondary School Grants.

441.

Mr. H. Byrne

asked the Minister for Education the precise level of capitation and tuition grants payable in respect of each pupil in secondary schools for each school year since 1967.

Minister for Education (Mrs. Hussey)

I. Capitation grants were payable at the following rates per secondary school pupil for the school years 1967-68 and 1968-69:

Number of Attendances	Senior Pupils	Junior Pupils Over 12 years of Age	Juniors Under 12 years of Age
	£		£
130 or over	19	14 (on 1st 100)	10
		13 (thereafter)
115 — 129	15	11	8
100 — 114	13	9	6
70 — 99	10	8	5

The following rates were payable from 1st August, 1969:

Number of Attendances	Senior Pupils	Junior Pupils
(1)	(2)
in schools which operate a 5-day week	in schools which operate a 6-day week	£	on 1st 100	Thereafter
145 or over	160 or over	24	£19	£18
120 to 144	130 to 159	20	£16
95 to 119	100 to 129	18	£14
70 to 94	70 to 99	15	£13

The following rates were payable from 1 August 1975:

Number of Attendances	Senior Pupils	Junior Pupils
(1)	(2)
in schools which operate a 5-day week	in schools which operate a 6-day week	£	on 1st 100	Thereafter
145 or over	160 or over	36	£28	£26
120 — 144	130 — 159	30	£23
95 — 119	100 — 129	26	£20
70 — 94	70 — 99	22	£19

The current rates of capitation grants are as follows and have been payable from 1 August 1979:

Number of Attendances	Senior Pupils	Junior Pupils
(1)	(2)
in schools which operate a 5-day week	in schools which operate a 6-day week	£	on 1st 100	Thereafter
145 or over	160 or over	38	£30	£28
120 — 144	130 — 159	32	£25
95 — 119	100 — 129	28	£22
70 — 94	70 — 99	24	£21

II. The amount of the grant in lieu of tuition fees is the same for all recognised pupils in the Free Post-primary Education Scheme and it has been payable at the following rates since 1967:

From 1 August, 1967 * Minimum £15. Maximum £25 per pupil.

From 1 August, 1968 * Minimum £20. Maximum £25 per pupil.

From 1 August, 1972 £25 per pupil.

From 1 August, 1974 £35 per pupil.

From 1 August, 1975 £50 per pupil.

From 1 January, 1978 £66.50 per pupil.

From 1 August, 1979 £70 per pupil.

From 1 August, 1981 £77 per pupil.

From 1 January, 1982 £82 per pupil.

From 1 January, 1983 £92 per pupil.

*In the first year of the Free Post-Primary Education Scheme, schools were paid grants equivalent to the fees charged to their pupils in the school year 1965-66, subject to these maximum limits. The minimum was increased to £20 in 1968 and a flat rate of £25 was payable from 1972.