Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 May 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012

1:00 am

Photo of Robert DowdsRobert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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I wish to move on to one or two other issues and then I will conclude. Under the residential institutions redress subhead, there is an underspend of almost €32 million due to the lower than expected number of applications that have been finalised by the board. Can Mr. Ó Foghlú give me some information on that and the reason for the low numbers? Was there an increase in that respect in 2013 and how does he see that panning out in the future?