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

Photo of Verona MurphyVerona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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Some of those families have not applied on the basis that they are not entitled to the ticket because they are not going to the school that is nearest to them. The latest review says that we will do away with all that. The latest review states that, contrary to the accounts that show the figure of €339 million, Bus Éireann’s transport costs must have increased by €100 million. I say this because the review says the costs are €444 million. I do not know whether the independent review is incorrect, but the accounts here show the figure of €339 million. That is-----