Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the nature of the reserves that he says are residing with the vocational education committees and which will prevent the €13 million cuts to VEC's in Budget 2013 impacting upon service levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57819/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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As I informed the Deputy in my reply of 18th December 2012 , my decision to reduce the VEC allocation for 2013 took account of the capacity of VECs to utilise cash balances on a once off basis.

My Department determines and then communicates to the VECs details of their annual budgets as early as possible in a given year. This year, in accordance with my decision, the cash balances of each VEC will be taken into account in the determination process. I would be happy to provide the Deputy with the outcome of this process, once the budgets have been determined and communicated to the VECs.