asked the Minister for Education if it is open to regional technical colleges to attract private investment for teaching positions, physical facilities, research facilities and other services as is the case with the universities and national institute for higher education; and, if so, the levels of funding which have been secured from non-Exchequer and non EC sources by regional technical colleges in recent years.
Written Answers. - Funding Regional Technical Colleges.
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The regional technical colleges are managed by boards of management which are sub-committees of the vocational education committees. In accordance with section 29 (2) of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 a vocational Education committee has the power to accept any real or personal property given to it as an educational endowment generally or upon trust for any purposes connected with continuation or technical or both continuation and technical education. My Department does not have a record of the level of funding which has been secured from non-Exchequer and non EC sources in regional technical colleges in recent years.