Ms Tara Carton:

There have been increases in the ancillary grant in recent years. The primary ancillary grant has gone up from nearly €88 million in 2017 to nearly €92 million in 2018. With regard to the moratorium on staff in ETB and C&C schools, as alluded to earlier by Mr. Duffy and Ms White, there was a recent announcement to alleviate the moratorium in larger ETB and C&C schools, that is, those with more than 700 pupils. In those cases, the schools will be allowed to recruit up to two secretarial staff in recognition of the administrative burden they carry. Anything further in that area will be a matter for the Government to consider, probably in the context of the Estimates.