Organisation information
Schools Financial and Database
- Published on: 17 September 2019
- Last updated on: 16 November 2023
- Introduction
- Special Needs and Tuition Grants Section
- Database Section
- Schools Financial Section
- Community and Comprehensive (C&C) Section
Introduction
The Schools Financial and Database section discharges a range of operational, resourcing and support functions relating to the payment of grants to schools. The section also manages the annual post-primary student census (October Returns) as well as the department's online Post Primary Pupil Database (P-POD).
Special Needs and Tuition Grants Section
We administer the payment of various grants such as the:
- Home Tuition Grant Scheme
- Irish Sign Language Scheme
- Typing Scheme
- Assistive Technology Grant Scheme
- ABA schools
- The National Council for Special Education.
- Vocational Training Centres
- The National Braille Production Centre
- Miscellaneous payments to various Organisations
Special Needs and Tuition Grants Unit
- Address:
- Special Needs and Tuition Grants (SNTG) Unit, Department of Education, Cornamaddy, Athlone, N37 X659
- Email:
- Telephone:
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(090) 648 3996
Assistive Technology Payment Queries
- Address:
- Department of Education and Youth, Cornamaddy, Athlone, County Westmeath, N37 X659
- Email:
- Telephone:
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(090) 648 3996
Database Section
We manage the Post Primary Pupil Database, including annual processing of the October Returns made by post primary schools each year.
Post-primary Online Database (P-POD) Helpdesk
- Address:
- Post Primary Online Database (P-POD) Helpdesk, Department of Education and Youth, Cornamaddy, Athlone, N37 X659
Schools Financial Section
- we calculate and pay all primary and post-primary capitation grants
- we administer funding to the Secondary Education Committee (SEC), Model Schools, Management Bodies and other Special Disadvantage Initiatives
Schools Capitation Section
- Address:
- Department of Education, Schools Capitation Section, Schools Division Financial, Cornamaddy, Athlone, County Westmeath, N37 X659
- Website:
- Email:
Voluntary Post Primary Capitation
- Address:
- Department of Education, Schools Financial and Database Section, Cornamaddy, Athlone, County Westmeath, N37 X659
- Telephone:
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(090) 648 3768
Community and Comprehensive (C&C) Section
- we discharge a range of operational, resourcing and support functions relating to C&C post-primary schools
- we support the personnel function of C&C post-primary schools in relation to the administrative and maintenance staff
- we administer funding to enable the payment of pensions and retirement gratuities to former staff of C&C post-primary schools.
Community & Comprehensive Schools Section
- Address:
- Department of Education, Community & Comprehensive Schools Sector, Schools Division Financial, Cornamaddy, Athlone, County Westmeath, N37 X659
- Email:
- Telephone:
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(090) 648 3954