Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation for her Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37276/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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My Department's 2016 gross current expenditure allocation of €8,162 million includes €43 million in respect of costs associated with implementation of the Lansdowne Road Agreement. In addition, there will be reduced Appropriations-in-Aid receipts from the Pension Related Deduction in 2016 of the order of €70 million, also in respect of the application of provisions of that agreement. My Department's gross allocation also includes approximately €58 million to cover the costs of additional teachers and capitation grants resulting from demographic increases.

A leaflet detailing the main features of Budget 2016 for the Education Sector is also attached.