Written answers

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Department of Education and Skills

School Staff

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of an ancillary grant to replace a retired secretary in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46667/18]

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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Funding for all primary schools in the free education scheme is dealt with on a per capita basis.

The two main grants are the capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc., and the ancillary services grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff.

The school referred to by the Deputy received €110,416 in respect of capitation funding in 2018, €74,770 for Capitation and €35,646 for Ancillary Services. In addition to these grants the salaries in respect of two Secretaries have been paid directly by my Department under the 1978/79 scheme, one of which will continue for 2019.

Schools are permitted to regard the capitation and ancillary services grants as a combined grant and 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 and caretaker services.

There is no provision for additional payments outside of those outlined above.

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