Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

As I stated earlier, the Department of Education and Science has provided the commission with all the resources it has sought. A total of €10 million has been given to the commission for administration costs. In the Estimates process, a total of €21 million has been provided for administration to cater for this year and the following two years. The commission has a staff of 53 and any resources requested by it have been put in place as quickly as possible. These are the figures sought by the Senator to show how good the relationship is between the Department and the commission as well as the level of resources which have been provided to it.