Malcolm Byrne
Question:183. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers providing summer provision for each year 2022,2023,2024,2025 and 2026. [50225/26]
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Questions (183, 184)
Malcolm Byrne
Question:184. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students availing of summer provision for each year 2022,2023,2024,2025 and 2026. [50226/26]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 184 together.
Details of the 2026 Summer Programme were communicated by email to all schools on the 6th May 2026. All schools were given the opportunity to run a school-based programme for children with the most complex special educational needs and those at risk of educational disadvantage.
Where a school does not intend to run a school-based programme or there is no place on the programme for an eligible child, schools were invited to make an application for the home-based programme.
The following table outlines the number of students who participated in each of the years 2022 - 2025 in the primary, special, post-primary and home-based programmes:
|
|
2022 |
2022 |
2023 |
2023 |
2024 |
2024 |
2025 |
2025 |
|
Scheme Type |
Schools |
Children |
Schools |
Children |
Schools |
Children |
Schools |
Children |
|
Primary School Scheme (Previously Primary Inclusion Scheme) |
494 |
8,372 |
886 |
17,695 |
1,095 |
22,906 |
1,322 |
32,239 |
|
Special School Scheme (previously Special Class & Special Schools Scheme) |
39 |
1,408 |
59 |
2,437 |
72 |
3,267 |
81 |
3,846 |
|
DEIS Literacy & Numeracy (Primary) |
260 |
11,211 |
336 |
14,498 |
365 |
15,791 |
372 |
16,151 |
|
Post Primary School Scheme |
117 |
2,787 |
160 |
3,830 |
203 |
5,274 |
224 |
6,119 |
|
Home-based Summer Programme |
- |
13,883 |
- |
12,772 |
- |
12,100 |
- |
12,426 |
|
Total |
910 |
37,661 |
1,441 |
51,232 |
1,735 |
59,338 |
1,999 |
70,781 |
The following table outlines the number of teachers who participated in each of the years 2022 - 2025 in the school-based and home-based summer programmes:
|
Year |
2022 |
2022 |
2023 |
2023 |
2024 |
2024 |
2025 |
2025 |
|
Scheme |
SBSP |
HBSP |
SBSP |
HBSP |
SBSP |
HBSP |
SBSP |
HBSP |
|
Teachers |
4,178 |
6,733 |
5,436 |
6,296 |
7,178 |
5,951 |
8,668 |
6,009 |
Figures for the 2026 Summer Programme will not be known until all claims have been submitted and processed.
Question No. 184 answered with Question No. 183.