Pat Upton
Ceist:169 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Education the total amount of money allocated from the European Social Fund to each primary, second level and third level institution for each of the years since 1985.
Written Answers. - EU Educational Funding.
Aid from the European Social Fund is not transmitted directly by my Department to institutions in the education sector. Exchequer funded institutions receive global budgets in respect of a range of activities covering both mainstream and ESF aided programmes. Aid from the European Social Fund is an integral part of the global budgets and receipts in respect of approved programmes are lodged as an Appropriation-in-Aid to the relevant Vote of my Department.
It would take an inordinate amount of time to carry out an analysis of the proportion of ESF receipts attributable to the budgets of individual institutions. The overall amount of ESF aid generated by programmes funded by my Department since 1985 is as follows:
|
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993* |
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|
37.35 |
42.53 |
47.04 |
50.51 |
63.73 |
106.78 |
106.23 |
136.42 |
139.48 |
* Subject to verification in the claims process which is under way at present.