Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14306/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools.

The amount of grant paid to an individual primary school for capitation and ancillary services is determined by the school's enrolment, subject to a minimum grant for both capitation and ancillary services in respect of schools with enrolments up to 60, and a maximum ancillary services grant in the case of schools with enrolments of 500 or more.

Boards of Management have autonomy on how they use and prioritise this funding to meet their day to day running costs including for the provision of secretarial, caretaker and cleaning services.

My Department agreed an arbitration process in relation to the pay of grant-funded school secretaries and caretakers.

The detailed arrangements are set out in Circular 0076/2015 that was published in December 2015 on my Department's website.

In March 2016 the ancillary services grant paid to the school the Deputy refers to was increased by €6 from €147 to €153 per pupil.