All third-level colleges will be required to ensure State-funded chaplains are hired in line with public sector recruitment rules within the next 12 months.
This follows a review to be published shortly by the Higher Education Authority which raises concerns about the arrangements in place in many colleges to hire chaplains.
The report details how much individual colleges are spending on services, where these funds are being sourced from, and how individuals were appointed.
UNIVERSITIES
UCD
Number of chaplains employed: Two
Costs: €129,972
Source of funding: Recurrent State grant (plus €25,000 from Methodist Church
UCC
Number of chaplains employed: Two Catholic lay chaplains, one Church of Ireland chaplain (to be appointed); one Presbyterian chaplain; one administrator; one chaplaincy co-ordinator
Costs: €125,000 (including €25,000 on non-pay items)
Source of funding: N/A
NUI Galway
Number of chaplains employed: Two
Costs: €128,000 (€94,000 on pay)
Source of funding: Core funds
Maynooth University
Number of chaplains employed: Two
Costs: €120,245
Source of funding: University funds
Trinity College Dublin
Number of chaplains employed: None is employed (Two Catholic, one Church of Ireland and one part-time Methodist are paid for by their churches)
Costs:: Chaplains paid for by their churches
Source of funding: N/A
University of Limerick
Number of chaplains employed: Two (one manager of chaplaincy services; one manager of Teach Fáilte drop-in service)
Costs: €140,000
Source of funding: Core budget
Dublin City University
Number of chaplains employed: Two (one Catholic and one Church of Ireland)
Costs: €100,000
Source of funding: Non-exchequer university resources
COLLEGES
St Patrick’s, Drumcondra
Number of chaplains employed: None
Costs: €62,818
Source of funding: Core grants
Mater Dei, Dublin
Number of chaplains employed: One
Costs: €60,000
Source of funding: Core funding
Mary Immaculate, Limerick
Number of chaplains employed: One
Costs: €57,336 (of which chaplain’s salary is €36,313)
Source of funding: Student contribution and fee income
St Angela’s College, Sligo
Number of chaplains employed: One
Costs: €6,181 (excluding cost of maintaining chaplain’s residence)
Source of funding: Chaplain is also a lecturer; services are provided outside his lecturing remit
National College of Art and Design
Number of chaplains employed: None
Costs: N/A
Source of funding: N/A
INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY
Athlone Institute of Technology
Number of chaplains employed: One Costs: €25,000 Source of funding: Recurrent funding for student support services
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
Number of chaplains employed: None Costs: N/A Source of funding: N/A
Institute of Technology Carlow
Number of chaplains employed: One
Costs: €40,000
Source of funding: Recurrent grants
Cork Institute of Technology
Number of chaplains employed: One chaplain, one co-ordinator of pastoral care, four full-time members for 31 weeks, one part-time chaplain
Costs: €164,000
Source of funding: Publicly funded
Dublin Institute of Technology
Number of chaplains employed: 4.5 (full-time equivalents), plus an administrator
Costs: €245,720
Source of funding: Student charges
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Number of chaplains employed: One full-time, one part-time
Costs: €33,000
Source of funding: Institute’s budget
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT)
Number of chaplains employed: None
Costs: N/A
Source of funding:
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Number of chaplains employed: Two
Costs: €49,410
Source of funding: Recurrent grants
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Number of chaplains employed: Three
Costs:: €68,000 (€50,000 to Catholic Church, €9,000 to Church of Ireland and €9,000 to Presbyterian Church)
Source of funding: Institute’s funds
Limerick Institute of Technology
Number of chaplains employed: One full-time, one part-time
Costs: €60,000
Source of funding: Student contributions
Institute of Technology Sligo
Number of chaplains employed: One full-time
Costs: €55,000
Source of funding: College’s funds
Institute of Technology, Tallaght
Number of chaplains employed: Two (one contract for services and one engaged from Church of Ireland on a casual retainer basis)
Costs: €60,000
Source of funding: student contributions
Institute of Technology, Tralee
Number of chaplains employed: One
Costs: €40,000
Source of funding: Student capitation fund
Waterford Institute of Technology
Number of chaplains employed: One
Costs: Lecturer scale 1
Source of funding: Institute’s funds
