Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

On school funding, improvements are being made to the rates of capitation funding available to schools with a total value of €20 million. I cited here to the Opposition spokesperson on education that it was my desire to increase the levels. Despite the stringent financial circumstances, at primary level the standard rate of capitation grant has increased from €57.14 per pupil in 1997 to €178.58 in 2008.

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