Written answers
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Department of Education and Skills
Capitation Grants
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capitation per pupil at primary and secondary level in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [39190/21]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools and post primary schools within the free education scheme.
My Department provide funding to primary schools by way of per capita grants, subject to a minimum grant equivalent to 60 pupils.
The funding arrangements for post primary schools reflect the sectoral division of the second-level system. At the core of these arrangements is reliance upon capitation as a key determinant of funding. Enrolments are the main driver in the level of funding provided.
ETB, Community & Comprehensive sector are primarily based on budgets determined by the Department.
The Voluntary Secondary School Sector are based on per capita grants provided by the Department.
The capitation grant rates are outlined in the following tables:
Capitation Grant Rates
| Year | Primary(Rate per pupil) | Voluntary Secondary(Rate per pupil) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | €170.00 | €296.00 |
| 1/9/2019 | €179.00 | €309.00 |
| 1/9/2020 | €183.00 | €316.00 |
| 2021 | €183.00 | €316.00 |
Ancillary/Support Services Funding (SSSF)
| Year | Primary(Rate per pupil) | Voluntary Secondary(Rate per pupil) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | €169.00 | €222.00 |
| 2020 | €171.00 | €223.50 |
| 2021 | €173.00 | €224.50 |
Book Grants
| Year | Grant Type | Primary(Rate per pupil) | Voluntary Secondary(Rate per pupil) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2021 | Non DEIS | €11.00 | €24.00 |
| 2020-2021 | DEIS | €21.00 | €39.00 |
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capitation funding allocated to schools in 2020. [39192/21]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides funding to Primary and Post-Primary schools by way of per capita grants. 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/School Services Support Fund (SSSF) to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. Schools also receive a range of other grants including Book Grants, Programme grants etc.
In addition, under the COVID-19 response plans, a range of supports are being made available to all recognised schools in the free education scheme which include additional financial supports to provide for Cleaning, PPE and hand hygiene, Enhanced Supervision and the employment of aides.
€476.1m of capitation related grant funding was paid to primary and post-primary schools in 2020 which included €56m for grants to provide for PPE, enhanced cleaning, the employment of aides and €12.6m for grants for enhanced supervision and high risk ancillary substitution.
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