There are 33 Vocational Education Committees (VECs) established under, and governed according to the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 2001. Each VEC is a statutory body with its own corporate status. Financial allocations are made to the VECs as part of a block grant. VECs are given a high level of autonomy in the management and appropriation of their budgets and each VEC is allowed to distribute its allocations in line with its priorities and perceptions of need. Accordingly, my Department does not have available to it a detailed breakdown of the distribution of funds by VECs across their schools and head offices. However, I can again confirm that VECs spent approximately €58.5 million on what is termed administration pay in 2008, and a breakdown of this expenditure in respect of each VEC is attached for the Deputy's information.
VEC Administration Pay 2008
Name of VEC
|
Expenditure
|
|
€
|
City of Cork
|
2,517,000
|
City of Dublin
|
8,315,711
|
City of Limerick
|
1,175,000
|
City of Waterford
|
841,000
|
Dún Laoghaire
|
1,180,768
|
City of Galway
|
1,068,050
|
Co. Carlow
|
1,243,000
|
Co. Cavan
|
1,060,010
|
Co. Clare
|
1,500,349
|
Co. Cork
|
3,497,000
|
Co. Donegal
|
2,447,000
|
Co. Dublin
|
6,334,978
|
Co. Galway
|
1,534,525
|
Co. Kerry
|
1,968,600
|
Co. Kildare
|
1,508,264
|
Co. Kilkenny
|
1,270,367
|
Co. Laois
|
828,878
|
Co. Leitrim
|
786,749
|
Co. Limerick
|
1,621,357
|
Co. Longford
|
913,778
|
Co. Louth
|
1,490,405
|
Co. Mayo
|
1,413,000
|
*Co. Meath
|
1,414,480
|
Co. Monaghan
|
1,208,000
|
Co. Offaly
|
952,647
|
Co. Roscommon
|
706,122
|
Co. Sligo
|
1,115,000
|
Co. Tipperary NR
|
1,189,000
|
Co. Tipperary SR
|
1,059,000
|
Co. Waterford
|
757,648
|
Co. Westmeath
|
1,219,000
|
Co. Wexford
|
2,257,691
|
Co. Wicklow
|
2,203,100
|
Total
|
58,597,477
|