Written answers
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Department of Education and Skills
Education Expenditure
Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of public spending on education institutions per pupil here; the position of Ireland in this regard among the OECD and EU nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9352/17]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is available in the following table.
Further information on this is available in indicators B1 and B3 of the OECD's Education at a Glance report, available at the following link.
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B3.3: Annual public expenditure on public* educational institutions per student (2013)
(In equivalent US$ converted using purchasing power parities for GDP)
- | Primary | Lower Secondary | Upper Secondary | Tertiary | All levels |
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Ireland | 7,845 | 10,064 | 10,216 | 10,321 | 9,201 |
OECD average | 8,383 | 9,774 | 9,252 | 12,263 | 9,433 |
EU 22 average | 8,393 | 9,973 | 9,565 | 12,872 | 9,672 |
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