Meanings of discretionary funding in English

The Salvation Army has already experienced the effects of discretionary funding in Sunderland.

Mr Hickey said none of the five district had received a general discretionary funding allocation.

Overall discretionary funding would be part of the budget which councillors would agree during November.

Any discretionary funding which non-fee-paying schools have is usually raised through voluntary contributions and fundraising.

Cllr Timmins seconded the motion on the understanding that discretionary funding for councillors was separate.

In these circumstances, it was considered irresponsible to allocate any discretionary funding to the municipal districts.

The state would also cut some discretionary funding.

There was dismay among councillors after general discretionary funding allocation for the Baltinglass municipal district was cut.

He also raised a question about discretionary funding for councillors and if this would be available as it had been in previous years.

Rousseff has agreed to unlock millions of reais in discretionary funding to lawmakers starting this month, two congressman told Reuters earlier on Wednesday.

Cllr Timmins asked why €21,000 of the general municipal district discretionary funding available had been allocated to the Arklow district.

Councillors heard that there would be no general discretionary funding for the district, compared to €26,000 in funding allocated in 2019.

The 55 schools would continue to have an average of €61.7 million in discretionary funding available to them, even after contributing the €20 million.