Education authority wrote off €100k in payments

An education authority decided it was more prudent to write off more than €100,000 it overpaid in error to apprentices than continue chasing repayments.

The decision of City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) was not contested by further education and training authority Solas, despite the loss to taxpayers.

The circumstances were outlined last month to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee by CDETB chief executive Carol Hanney, who said the cost of recouping money has to be balanced against the amount of money outstanding.