169 Tomás Mac Giolla asked the Minister for Education if he will outline the amount of pupil capitation grant at (a) primary and (b) post primary level in (1) 1980 and (2) 1992; and if he will further outline the amount the grant would be if it had been increased in line with inflation since 1980.

The basic rate of the capitation grant to primary schools in the 1979-1980 school year was £11.

The rate of grant for 1992 is £28.