Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
1:30 pm
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Minister and her officials for attending to discuss this Supplementary Estimate. The 610 additional SNA posts, which the €6 million increase will cover, is approximately 5% more than was projected in the original Estimate for 2015, which is a significant overshoot. What has led to the increase of 5% in demand? Is that indicative of increased application numbers or did the number of applications increase by more than 5%?