Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015
9:00 am
Mr. Paul O'Toole:
In 2016, the return was approximately €9.5 million which represented 1.6% of our budget. There are many moving parts involved. There are 16 ETBs and SOLAS itself. There are in excess of 20,000 individual courses for 300,000 people. There is movement of people in between their personal status - fewer people are unemployed or they might move - because up to one third of funding goes on participants' allowances. We seek to maximise the investment but we are required formally to return unused funds.