Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each one point increase in the capitation grant for primary schools. [35211/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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I fully recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools.

I am pleased to have been able to provide for a 5% increase in capitation funding for primary and post primary schools that will apply from the start of the 2019/20 school year.  The first and full year costs of this increase is €4 million and €10 million respectively.

The estimated cost of restoring capitation by 1% in Primary schools is circa €1 million. 

I must be prudent in the context of ongoing budgetary pressures.  Where it is not possible to do everything that I would like to do in the education sector in any one year I have to prioritise, especially in the context of increasing enrolments.

It is my intention to seek funding for further capitation increases in future budgets.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each one point increase in the capitation grant for post-primary schools. [35212/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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I fully recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools.

I am pleased to have been able to provide for a 5% increase in capitation funding for primary and post primary schools that will apply from the start of the 2019/20 school year.  The first and full year costs of this increase is €4 million and €10 million respectively.

The estimated cost of restoring capitation by 1% in Post Primary schools is circa €1 million. 

I must be prudent in the context of ongoing budgetary pressures.  Where it is not possible to do everything that I would like to do in the education sector in any one year I have to prioritise, especially in the context of increasing enrolments.

It is my intention to seek funding for further capitation increases in future budgets.