From the arcticle:
"OVER 75 per cent of the €8.59 billion education budget is absorbed by pay and pensions"
"Ireland has one of the lowest levels of education spending in the OECD."
"The consequences of this under-investment are evident throughout the sector. It can be seen in dilapidated classrooms, lack of adequate support for information technology, meagre investment in early childhood education, lack of basic school facilities, and so on.
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"But a striking feature of the Irish education service is the relatively high rates of pay for academics and bureaucrats "
"In all, more than 60 staff in the education sector earn more than €150,000, according to The Irish Times survey. A further 476 staff earn more than €110,000. In all, 497 people are on the professorial salary scale, €113,573–€145,952. "
Interesting allocation of funds - salaries whilst our children are in prefabs..unreal