24.—(1) All expenses incurred by the Council, and any expenses which may be incurred by the Minister in relation to the establishment of the Council, shall be defrayed by the Council out of funds at the disposal of the Council.

(2) The surplus (if any) of funds at the disposal of the Council may be allocated by the Council to the development of dental education, to research or to any public purposes connected with the profession of dentistry in such manner as the Council may determine.

(3) Any expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be approved of by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.