Schools Financial and Database

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:

htpayments@education.gov.ie

Phone number:

(090) 648 3996

Assistive Technology Payment Queries

Address:

Department of Education , Cornamaddy , Athlone, County Westmeath , N37 X659

Email:

atpayments@education.gov.ie

Phone number:

(090) 648 3827

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, Cornamaddy , Athlone, , N37 X659

Email:

p-podhelpdesk@education.gov.ie

Phone number:

(090) 648 3906
(090) 648 4128
(090) 648 3870
(090) 648 4279
(090) 648 4030
(090) 648 4286

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:

www.gov.ie/en/service/56e995-capitation-grant/

Email:

sdfinfo@education.gov.ie

Phone number:

(090) 648 3971
(090) 648 3924

Voluntary Post Primary Capitation

Address:

Department of Education, Schools Financial and Database Section, Cornamaddy, Athlone, County Westmeath, N37 X659

Phone number:

(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:

ccfinancial@education.gov.ie

Phone number:

(090) 648 3954