Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department spent paying the salaries of teachers in private, fee-paying secondary schools in the past three years; the sum his Department expects to spend on these salaries in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40740/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The salaries paid to teachers in fee paying schools in the past three school years are as follows: 2007/8 — €100,120,336; 2006/07 — €90,647,969; 2005/06 — €85,986,713.

The cost of salaries is determined by the approved teaching staff allocation for each school. The full information to determine the actual cost of salaries for the 2008/09 school year is not yet available.