THE Stormont Executive has agreed how to reallocate £123 million of Coronavirus funding.
It is not new money, but comes out of an existing pot of more than £700 million from the UK Treasury for the rest of the year.
The lion’s share of the cash is earmarked to help with the reopening of school from the end of this month on a full time basis.
The latest round of allocations in full are:
£35m – schools reopening
£27m – NI Water to offset loss of income from commercial users
£20m – Translink
£17.2m – apprenticeships
£7m – social enterprises
£6.4m – schools PPE
£5.5m – Further Education to provide a safe learning environment
£2.5m – safely reopen the voluntary and social enterprise sectors
£1.4m – cover statutory license fees for the bus and taxi industry
£1m – free school meals
Finance Minister Conor Murphy said the allocations “will help to maintain key public services, support economic recovery and protect the vulnerable”.
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