Written answers
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Expenditure
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form education spending both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to 2011. [41521/12]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The following table shows Education and Skills Expenditure on my Vote, as detailed in the annual Appropriation Accounts, for the years 1992 – 2011, including as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Direct comparison for the different years is difficult due to changes in the make-up of the Education and Skills Vote, which include, inter alia:
(a) The transfer into my Vote in 2010 of certain functions in relation to Skills Development (€144 million in 2010 and €164 million in 2011) and;
(b) The transfer of responsibility for Nursing Education into my Vote in 2011 (€56 million in 2010 and 2011);
(c) The transfer of responsibility for the School Completion Programme and the National Education Welfare Board out of my Vote in 2011;
(d) The transfer of responsibility for Youth and Sports Services out of my Vote in the late 1990s;
(e) The payment of Redress Awards from 2002 onwards.
| Year | Total | GDP ** | Education |
|---|---|---|---|
Education | Expenditure | ||
Expenditure * | as % of | ||
€'000 | €m | GDP | |
| 1992 | 2,091,161 | 40,489 | 5.2% |
| 1993 | 2,303,235 | 43,605 | 5.3% |
| 1994 | 2,521,520 | 47,494 | 5.3% |
| 1995 | 2,629,508 | 53,787 | 4.9% |
| 1996 | 2,799,944 | 58,894 | 4.8% |
| 1997 | 3,163,225 | 68,154 | 4.6% |
| 1998 | 3,460,044 | 78,685 | 4.4% |
| 1999 | 3,724,019 | 90,683 | 4.1% |
| 2000 | 4,233,233 | 105,775 | 4.0% |
| 2001 | 4,791,378 | 117,643 | 4.1% |
| 2002 | 5,390,451 | 130,877 | 4.1% |
| 2003 | 5,865,004 | 140,827 | 4.2% |
| 2004 | 6,597,296 | 150,194 | 4.4% |
| 2005 | 7,217,797 | 163,037 | 4.4% |
| 2006 | 7,896,897 | 177,729 | 4.4% |
| 2007 | 8,704,590 | 188,729 | 4.6% |
| 2008 | 9,295,040 | 178,882 | 5.2% |
| 2009 | 9,355,736 | 161,275 | 5.8% |
| 2010 | 9,345,730 | 156,487 | 6.0% |
| 2011 | 8,866,362 | 158,993 | 5.6% |
* Source: Appropriation Accounts 1992 - 2011. Note that expenditure not directly comparable between all years due to transfers of functions into and out of the Department.
** Source: CSO -National Income & Expenditure 2011
(a) 1995 to 2011 based on ESA95 methodology including FISIM
(b) 1992 to 1994 based on ESA95 methodology excluding FISIM
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