28Grants for recurrent expenditure

28 Grants for recurrent expenditure

(1) There is payable to a State under this section, for the purpose of financial assistance to the State in relation to recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of a year to which this Part applies, of technical and further education at technical and further education institutions situated in the State, the amount specified in Schedule 11 in relation to that State and to that year. (2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in respect of a year to which this Part applies on the conditions that:

(a) the State will ensure that the total of the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State, by way of recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision, in respect of that year, of technical and further education at technical and further education institutions in the State is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (1) in respect of that year;

(b) the State will ensure that no technical and further education institution situated in the State charges fees in respect of that year or any part of that year;

(c) the State will furnish to the Commission, not later than 30 September next following the end of that year, a certificate by an approved auditor to the effect that the condition specified in paragraph (a) has been fulfilled; and

(d) the State will cause to be furnished to the Commission, not later than such date as the Commission specifies, such statistical and other information as the Commission requires in respect of the provision of technical and further education in that State during that year.