Enhanced rates of capitation funding are paid in respect of children with special educational needs who attend special schools or special classes attached to mainstream schools.The following table outlines these rates and the total expenditure in recent years. Information going back to the introduction of special needs funding many decades ago is not readily available and would involve an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile in view of the lengthy period involved. Capitation expenditure - Special needs pupils
Year
|
Primary
|
Post Primary
|
2010
|
€8,174,761
|
€1,533,763
|
2011
|
€8,133,251
|
€1,384,546
|
2012
|
€7,892,703
|
1400000 (allocation)
|
Primary Special Needs Capitation Rates
Category
|
Under 12 years
|
12 years & over
|
Visual Impairment
|
€857
|
€857
|
Hearing Impairment
|
€857
|
€857
|
Profoundly Deaf
|
€879
|
€879
|
Mild General Learning Disability(Mainstream School)
|
€456
|
€679
|
Mild General Learning Disability (Special school)
|
€568
|
€857
|
Moderate General Learning Disability
|
€857
|
€857
|
Severe/ Profound General Learning Disability
|
€879
|
€879
|
Specific Learning Disability (Mainstream School)
|
€456
|
€679
|
Specific Learning Disability (Special school)
|
€568
|
€857
|
Emotional Disturbance
|
€857
|
€857
|
Severe Emotional Disturbance
|
€879
|
€879
|
Physical Disability
|
€857
|
€857
|
Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
|
€879
|
€879
|
Specific Speech and Language Disorder
|
€857
|
€857
|
Multiple Disabilities
|
€879
|
€879
|
Traveller Children
|
€251
|
€251
|
Out of Control
|
€879
|
€879
|
Post Primary Special Needs Capitation
|
Per Pupil
|
Special Class Grant
|
€191.00
|