The Ancillary Services grant is intended to cater for the cost of secretarial and caretaking services. The regulations now in force for employing secretaries, as a result of the Fórsa/WRC agreement, can be found in Circular 0036/2022. Schools recruiting new secretaries should email secretaryreturns@education.gov.ie
The Ancillary Grant is currently €173 per capita (full rate) €89.50 (reduced rate). Where a school secretary has moved to the Departments payroll under the terms of circular 0036/2022, these schools will have the ancillary grant due reduced to reflect the fact that schools are no longer paying these staff directly.
The grant is based on a minimum enrolment of 60 and a maximum of 500.
Special schools receive the grant based on the number of full-time teachers.