Church schools are owed € 8,246,407 by the government, Education Minister Dolores Cristina confirmed in parliament today.
She said that the arrears had accumulated as follows: 2003 - € 2,325,557.88; 2004 - € 1,749,575.33; 2005 - €1,089,073.45
2006 - € 78,571.98; 2007 - € 29,389.33; 2008 - € 1,502,482.00 and 2009 - € 1,364,758.00.
Projected arrears this year are €107,000.00.
The minister said that reconciliation still had to be made for some of the arrears. Once this is completed, agreement would be reached on the payment of these arrears.