Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who have undertaken the transition year programme for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32235/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Transition Year Programme (TYP) is part of the revised Senior Cycle structure. My Department provides a special per capita grant to schools in the free education scheme offering TYP. This is in respect of additional teaching hours required to allow for co-ordination and planning and for any other expenses related exclusively to the TYP.

I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the TYP grant has been increased from €63.49 to €100 per pupil with effect from the 1st September 2007. With regard to the statistical information requested by the Deputy the following figures are taken from my Department's Annual Statistical Report.