Richard Boyd Barrett
Ceist:598. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio to 18:1 by paying all staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. [35057/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 24 July 2018
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Budget 2018 marks the second year of major reinvestment in the education sector, as we continue to implement the Action Plan for Education, which has the central aim to make the Irish Education and training service the best in Europe within a decade. Budget 2018 provided nearly 650 additional teaching posts at post-primary level for the 2018/19 school year.
Each 1 point adjustment to the pupil-teacher ratio at post-primary level is estimated to cost in the region of €63m per annum. The cost of this adjustment based on salary rates applicable in 2011 is estimated to be in the region of €65.5m.