Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education
9:30 am
Ms Aoife Conduit:
As far as I am aware, €6.1 million of that was for the waiver of fees that was introduced for that year, so that would have been prepaid upfront. As Ms McNally said, at the end of the year, any surplus is returned to the Department and to the Exchequer, so the prepayment may be in terms of providing for the fee waiver or for other matters, but it is not additional funding above and beyond the allocation.