Mr. Hubert Loftus:

Most of that €800 million funds salaries. It is for payroll costs. Some 85% of the payroll costs relate to teacher salaries, so it is funding provided by the Department to the ETB sector to pay for the teachers in the schools run by ETBs. About 4% of salary costs relate to special needs assistants in the schools and the remaining 10% is split between support staff in schools, such as secretaries, caretakers and cleaners, and then other head office support staff. The bulk of the funds are for payroll and the balance of some €65 or €70 million relates to grant funding which reflects the needs of the ETBs to run their head offices. The funding is predominantly for schools and is similar to the capitation type funding which is provided to the primary and voluntary sectors.