Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of increasing the number of primary school teachers by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35323/14]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of increasing the number of secondary school teachers by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35324/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 437 and 438 together.

Circular Letter 0062/2013 which was published as the Minor Works Grant for the school year 2013/2014 issued last November states "the grant will only be paid in future years as funding permits". The focus under the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme 2012-2016 is on meeting the demand for additional school places. Consequently, there is no funding provided at this time in the 2014 capital allocation for the payment of a Minor Works Grant. I know that whenever my Department is in a position to issue a Minor Works Grant it is welcomed by school communities and management bodies as a valuable contribution towards the cost of maintaining school infrastructure.