asked the Minister for Education the annual income for each of the past five years of (i) University College, Dublin, (ii) University College, Cork, and (iii) University College Galway.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - University Finances.
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The information requested is given in a tabular statement for each of the five years ending 30th June, 1964, which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, will be circulated for inclusion in the Official Report. The relevant Income and Expenditure Accounts for the University Colleges for the year ending 30th June, 1965, are not yet available.
Following is the statement:
ANNUAL Income of University College, Dublin, University College, Cork, and University College, Galway, as given in the Revenue Accounts of the Colleges for the years indicated.
|
Year ended 30/6/60 |
Year ended 30/6/61 |
Year ended 30/6/62 |
Year ended 30/6/63 |
Year ended 30/6/64 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
University College Dublin |
696,214 |
775,502 |
849,805 |
958,596 |
1,128,664 |
|
University College, Cork |
245,566 |
259,502 |
282,971 |
309,315 |
402,221 |
|
University College, Galway |
167,439 |
181,695 |
202,275 |
242,810 |
270,713 |
26.
asked the Minister for Education what proportion of the grant-in-aid to University College, Dublin, is made available to those faculties offering night courses.
My Department does not make grants to particular University faculties as such. It accords the annual grant en bloc to each College and its allocation as between the different faculties is a matter for the College concerned.
Would it be possible to ascertain what proportion of the grant-in-aid is made available to faculties offering night courses and how it is allocated?
Would the Deputy put down a question to that effect?
That is the actual question.
That may be what the Deputy wants to ask, but it is not clear.
Does the Minister know that no part of the grant-in-aid is made available to faculties offering night classes?
I do not know whether that is correct. If the Deputy would like to put down a question specifically on that point, I will endeavour to get the information.
27.
asked the Minister for Education what proportion of the income of each of the Colleges of the National University is given as grants, scholarships or other aids.
I assume that the information the Deputy seeks is the proportion of the College income which is derived from State grants and from other sources. Payment in respect of scholarships is to individual students, not to the College.
On that basis I have set out a reply to the question in the form of a tabular statement which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
INCOME of University Colleges for year ended 30th June, 1964. (Latest year for which complete returns are available.)
|
University College |
Total Income |
Total Annual State Grants |
Other Aids |
Fees |
|
£ |
% |
% |
% |
|
|
University College, Dublin |
1,128,664 |
54.5 |
2.3 |
43.2 |
|
University College, Cork |
352,930 |
67.6 |
3.7 |
28.7 |
|
University College, Galway |
285,588 |
66.6 |
7.5 |
25.9 |
The question asks what proportion of the income of each of the colleges is given as grants. Is a tabular statement needed for that?
I should tell the Deputy that this question caused quite an amount of speculation on the part of my officials and myself as to exactly what the Deputy meant. I have tried to set out in the reply what we assume he meant, and the reply was given on that basis. If the Deputy finds that that is not what he meant, he might put another question.
Is it not very clear? Would the Minister not agree that that is very clear—what proportion of the income of each of the Colleges of the National University is given as grants, scholarships or other aids?
A Deputy
How could income be given?
We know the income of the colleges and what proportion of that is available as grants, scholarships or other aids. It is a simple percentage of the income.
The Deputy might like to have another look at this. He will see that there are three possible interpretations of his question.
And, in that event, three possible answers.