Vol. 505 No. 4
174 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science the amounts awarded to date to various groups or bodies from discretionary spending at his disposal, other than funding specifically identified under a particular heading, in the Estimates for 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14071/99]
The expenditure to date for 1999 from the education group of Votes has been mainly in respect of teacher pay, pensions, student capitation grants and support schemes and capital and current grants to schools and other education institutions and bodies involved in adult education and youth work.
The expenditure to date by my Department has been in accordance with the details published with the Revised Estimates for 1999 and did not involve any category of payment which was not envisaged at the time at which the Estimates were finalised. If the Deputy requires details of any particular payment or category of payments I will make the information available to him.
