Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 October 2022
127. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount made available to pay school secretaries in respect of the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [52457/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department provides funding to all recognised Primary and Post-Primary schools in the Free Education Scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs including heating, lighting etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services/ school services support fund (SSSF) grants. These grants may be regarded as a common grant, from which the Board of Management has the flexibility to allocate, according to its own priorities. Boards of Management of schools are responsible for the employment of grant funded ancillary staff and it is a matter for each school to determine the level of ancillary services required.
The amount paid to an individual school is determined by the school’s enrolment.
Further information is available in the relevant circulars on my Departments website at the links below.
Primary capitation grant circular 0038/2020 - gov.ie - Revision of Capitation Grant Rates for recognised Primary Schools in 2020 (www.gov.ie)
Primary ancillary services Circular 0017/2021- gov.ie - Revision of Grant Rates in 2021 for Boards of Management of Recognised Primary Schools or by ETBs in Community National Schools using Ancillary Services Grant funding (www.gov.ie)
Voluntary Secondary schools capitation grant 0052/2020 - gov.ie - Revision of Capitation Grant Rates for Voluntary Secondary Schools in the Free Education Scheme (www.gov.ie)
Voluntary Secondary schools support services grant 0082/2020 - gov.ie - Revision of Schools Support Staff Funding Grant Rates for Voluntary Secondary Schools in the Free Education Scheme (www.gov.ie)
The tables below include the expenditure for capitation related grants for Primary and Voluntary Secondary Schools for the period of 2019 to date. The information is not readily available by county at this time.
|
Primary Schools |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 to date |
|
Capitation |
111,511,105 |
116,645,545 |
118,105,614 |
118,150,657 |
|
Ancillary |
96,318,212 |
97,657,785 |
98,537,143 |
98,568,059 |
|
Voluntary Secondary Schools |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 to date |
|
Capitation |
45,831,717 |
48,748,122 |
51,119,128 |
35,039,502 |
|
Combined Secretaries Grants |
4,808,899 |
4,936,266 |
5,029,191 |
3,517,874 |
