Written answers
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Department of Education and Science
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure on education in 2009, arising from the budget 2009 statement; if he will provide this figure as a percentage of GDP; if he will provide the 2009 figure in a table that also outlines the spending on education as a percentage of GDP for the years 2000 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/08]
Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table.
| Year | Total Education Expenditure | Gross Domestic Product | % |
| €'000 | €m | % | |
| 2000 | 4,233,233 | 104,620 | 4.0 |
| 2001 | 4,791,378 | 116,939 | 4.1 |
| 2002 | 5,390,451 | 130,215 | 4.1 |
| 2003 | 5,864,783 | 139,413 | 4.2 |
| 2004 | 6,597,296 | 148,975 | 4.4 |
| 2005 | 7,217,797 | 162,168 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | 7,896,897 | 177,286 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | 8,704,590 | 190,603 | 4.6 |
| 2008 Estimate | 9,325,795 | 187,300 | 5.0 |
| 2009 Estimate | 9,627,557 | 188,125 | 5.1 |
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