2026 Videos
Webinar 1: Understanding the Income & Expenditure Report Date Held: Thursday 12th February 2026 This webinar focused on understanding the income and expenditure report, how to ensure it is accurate at the month end, watch for capital grant or expenses, watch for grants paid in advance and ringfenced grants that can throw out the overall … Continued
Understanding the Income & Expenditure Report
Webinar Overview This webinar focused on understanding the income and expenditure report, how to ensure it is accurate at the month end, watch for capital grant or expenses, watch for grants paid in advance and ringfenced grants that can throw out the overall surplus/deficit. Webinar Handouts Presentation Slides FSSU Chart of Accounts 25/26 Financial Guideline … Continued
BrightBooks 2026 Webinar Videos
Webinar 1: Understanding the Income & Expenditure Report Date held: Tuesday 10th February 2026 This webinar focused on understanding the income and expenditure report, how to ensure it is accurate at the month end, watch for capital grant or expenses, watch for grants paid in advance and ringfenced grants that can throw out the overall … Continued
Understanding the Income & Expenditure Report
Webinar Overview This webinar focused on understanding the income and expenditure report, how to ensure it is accurate at the month end, watch for capital grant or expenses, watch for grants paid in advance and ringfenced grants that can throw out the overall surplus/deficit. Webinar Handouts Presentation Slides Accounting for Unspent Grants Worksheet Financial Guideline … Continued
ICT Grant
The ICT Grant is €2,000 basic (€1,000 in respect of fee-charging schools) per school. €30.20 per student per mainstream post primary school €33.22 per student in DEIS post-primary schools €15.10 per student in fee-charging schools The ICT grant can be used for: Computing Devices for learners: These may include desktop PCs, laptops, tablets or hybrid … Continued
Attendance Grant
Overview The Attendance Grant is a once-off paymen tgrant to promote regular school attendance of children and young people in schools. The grant was paid to schools in December 2025. Schools are best placed to understand the needs of their own community and identify how best to address those needs at a local level. Therefore, … Continued
Archived Grants
This section contains information on grants that applied in previous years and are no longer available to schools (since 2024). The details are provided for reference purposes only.
Physical Activity in Teaching and Learning Grant
Introduction The Department of Education and Youth introduced a pilot programme in April 2025 to support the integration of physical activity into teaching and learning. The pilot programme was first launched in 2024, with 24 schools participating in year 1 of the pilot programme. As part of Budget 2025, funding of €300k is being provided … Continued
Drama, Film and Theatre Studies Grant
Annual Implementation Support Grant All Phase One schools in the free education scheme will be provided with an annual Drama, Film, and Theatre Studies Implementation Support grant of €50 per student to support engagement with the new subject in the 2025/26 school year. The grant provided is to be used by schools to support students … Continued