Mary Upton
Question:270 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has not received payment outstanding since 2002. [28721/04]
View answerWednesday, 10 November 2004
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Some 36 local drugs task force projects were transferred to my Department in January 2001 with annual funding of €2.58 million and included a project based in the school referred to by the Deputy.
The project received the first moiety of its 2002 financial allocation in August 2002. The second moiety was due to be paid before the end of 2002 subject to the receipt of a claim from the school in the normal way confirming that the first moiety had been expended. Unfortunately, the claim was not received until January 2003 at which stage the money had been refunded to the Exchequer at end of December 2002 in accordance with Government accounting procedures.
My Department has been made aware of the outstanding payment and is endeavouring to put the school in funds in this regard before the end of 2004. The school has been put in funds in respect of the 2003 and 2004 claims for the project.