Written answers

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Department of Education and Skills

Educational Disadvantage

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional spending provided in a calendar year to primary schools with delivering equality of opportunity in schools status, including a breakdown of how this money has been spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43963/15]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

The expenditure provided by my Department to the DEIS programme at Primary level in 2014 was approximately €70m. The allocated funding for 2015 is also approximately €70m.

DEIS Expenditure 2014

DescriptionExpenditure 2014
DEIS Teaching Posts - Primary Level33.1
HSCL Coordinators13.7
Support Teacher Posts2.6
DEIS Book Grant Primary Level1
DEIS Grant - Primary Level10.8
DEIS Literacy & Numeracy Initiatives *4.4
Other Continued Professional Development *4.2
Educational Research Centre *0.059
Total69.859
* Expenditure covers Primary and Post Primary Level

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