Erin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46354/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, my Department’s Budget currently stands at over €12.2 billion for 2025. This represents a significant investment in our education system and in our children and young people with an increase of more than €3.5 billion or 40% in the last 5 years. In the 2024/2025 school year, over 552,000 students are enrolled in primary schools and more than 425,000 in post-primary schools with the Departments funding being allocated under the following broad expenditure categories: Pay and Pensions (c.75%), Capital Projects (c.13%), Financial Grants to Schools (c.6%), School Transport (c.3%), and a range of other expenditure areas (c.3%).

Budget 2025 provided for an increase of €717 million in core current funding and over €661 million in core capital funding to my Department’s Vote. In addition, €120 million was pre-funded for Cost of Living supports and €141 million was allocated for supports related to Ukraine expenditure. These additional funds build on significant increases in recent budgets and further enhance the investment in Ireland’s primary and post-primary education system. The significant increased investment is the largest Education budget in the history of the state and reflects the government’s commitment to a quality inclusive school system and improved learning outcomes for every student.

The allocation of funding and recording of expenditure for my Department is not done at a county level basis. I am, therefore, not in a position to provide specific details on the amounts paid to Co. Louth.