Written answers
Thursday, 21 April 2005
Department of Education and Science
Capitation Grants
5:00 pm
Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provided by means of capitation grants to primary schools from 1994 to 2005; the funding provided to secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12655/05]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The funding arrangements for primary and voluntary secondary schools in respect of their operating costs are structured mainly on the basis of capitation grants.
The following table shows the level of such grants for the period 1994 to 2005.
| Year | Primary Schools €000 | Voluntary Secondary Schools €000 |
| 1994 | 31,366 | 48,512 |
| 1995 | 33,967 | 52,708 |
| 1996 | 38,280 | 56,159 |
| 1997 | 38,455 | 56,678 |
| 1998 | 42,673 | 55,104 |
| 1999 | 48,717 | 55,533 |
| 2000 | 92,010 | 69,182 |
| 2001 | 83,293 | 71,458 |
| 2002 | 68,736 | 54,567 |
| 2003 | 108,903 | 102,335 |
| 2004 (Provisional) | 114,652 | 85,611 |
The provision for the current year is €123,255,000 for primary schools and €66,437,000 for voluntary secondary schools.
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