By the end of 2007, the government owed church schools €5,065,828 in arrears.

The amount for 2008 was still being calculated because the exercise included reconciliation of amounts due with payments made. The information was given by Education Minister Dolores Cristina while answering a parliamentary question by Evarist Bartolo (PL).

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