Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 October 2008
270 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of the grants administered by his Department to primary and post-primary schools that are available to schools on-line, whereby the application itself is submitted electronically to his Department; the number of grants not available through this method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33017/08]
View answerGrants to schools are paid electronically into individual school bank accounts. The main grants are calculated and paid based on the annual enrolment returns from schools. This helps to ensure that the administrative burden for schools for the payment of these grants is kept to a minimum. My Department does not have an on-line facility for the application process for grants. My Department uses an on-line facility for the payment of substitution for teachers and special needs assistants and also for the recording of their absences.
