Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills

2:15 pm

Photo of Joanna TuffyJoanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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We are discussing the tables from the Department which deal with the savings. They are probably presented in a slightly different format from the Estimates. If Deputy McConalogue is agreeable, I suggest we stick to this programme and then we can move back.

The level of funding to the third level sector was cut. How did that work out in practice? Would the Minister comment on how the third level sector managed the books?