Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 March 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills

9:00 am

Photo of Noel RockNoel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. I might do that if Mr. Ó Foghlú does not mind. To zoom out, in terms of higher education grants in general, I noted from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on this that the original Vote provided for student support grants of €332 million which is down about €40 million, or 11% from 2014. What contributes to this? Are demographic factors effectively is causing it to come down? I was somewhat surprised to see it come down so much in a year.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.