Written answers
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Department of Education and Skills
Third Level Education
Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per annum to the Exchequer of keeping teenage and young adults in third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37842/21]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The latest year for which the data is available is 2018 and is presented in the table below.
| - | Primary level | Post-primary level |
|---|---|---|
| Total expenditure | € 3,784,796,714 | € 3,490,341,316 |
| Annualized full-time equivalent* enrolment | 562,331 | 416,410 |
| Expenditure per student | € 6,731 | € 8,382 |
Note that data on total government expenditure for each level of education is compiled according to the rules and methodology laid out by the OECD.
*The full time equivalent includes full and part time enrolments and is derived as following: full time + 0.5 part time enrolments.
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