Government owes Church Schools a total of €4,909,650. Back in 2013, the government owed €914,557. The information emerged from a Parliamentary question put by Opposition MP Joe Cassar to Education Minister Evarist Bartolo.
In a subsequent PQ, Mr Bartolo told Dr Cassar that free childcare has cost the government €4,591,056 from 1 April to date. Mr Bartolo said that an additional €500,000 is projected to be spent until the end of the year.