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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 8 Feb 1994

Vol. 438 No. 4

Written Answers. - Funding of Vocational Education Committees.

Jim Higgins

Question:

307 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education if he will give details, other than teachers salaries, of the amount of money made available to each vocational education committee for the running of their schemes in 1992 and 1993.

The funding made available to vocational education committees in 1992 and 1993, other than for teachers' salaries, was as follows:

VEC

1992

1993

£

£

City of Cork

2,605,482

3,298,793

City of Dublin

13,917,430

16,515,622

City of Limerick

1,621,896

2,042,838

City of Waterford

1,313,260

1,519,326

Town of Bray

995,746

1,228,278

Town of Drogheda

648,429

795,547

Borough of Dun Laoghaire

1,247,844

1,419,912

City of Galway

1,466,995

1,854,376

Town of Sligo

578,620

622,826

Town of Tralee

701,713

833,845

Town of Wexford

514,872

570,332

County Carlow

822,538

942,590

County Cavan

916,003

1,105,960

County Clare

1,375,910

1,539,189

County Cork

3,089,758

3,582,118

County Donegal

1,933,840

2,505,959

County Dublin

5,355,853

6,693,273

County Galway

1,760,750

1,963,232

County Kerry

1,331,494

1,488,044

County Kildare

1,723,200

2,215,836

County Kilkenny

1,082,387

1,278,673

County Laois

878,066

1,046,931

County Leitrim

687,567

748,557

County Limerick

1,351,281

1,436,977

County Longford

769,191

926,254

County Louth

1,052,658

1,138,405

County Mayo

1,995,186

2,098,072

County Meath

1,237,048

1,365,837

County Monaghan

1,040,736

1,249,929

County Offaly

1,311,738

1,680,357

County Roscommon

637,736

709,647

County Sligo

641,420

719,945

County Tipperary (NR)

1,072,649

1,255,480

County Tipperary (SR)

1,120,149

1,385,906

County Waterford

485,965

635,078

County Westmeath

1,567,096

1,974,460

County Wexford

1,338,315

1,632,378

County Wicklow

1,145,407

1,429,139

The figures quoted include:
(1) Provision for clerical-administrative and maintenance staff pay costs.
(2) Non-payment expenses.
(3) Payments made to Vocational Education Committees in respect of the following programmes: (a) scholarship scheme, (b) school books scheme, (c) Youthreach, (d) vocational training opportunities schemes, (e) adult literacy and community education schemes, (f) youth and sport, and (g) miscellaneous items.
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