Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate
9:30 am
Mr. Hubert Loftus:
If we look at the rental budget, which is around €29 million or €30 million, that sort of order of expenditure, that represents less than 4% of our overall expenditure. That figure has come down significantly from when it peaked in 2008 at around 8%. Therefore, in respect of temporary accommodation and when it might be needed, and the pressure points in that regard, this might be dictated more by the demographics and the flow of demographics. As I said earlier-----