Vol. 513 No. 6
93 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will give details of the terms of the 1997 Government decision to locate a third level campus of Cork Institute of Technology in Skibbereen; the steps, if any, taken to implement the decision, including dates where relevant; the individual with whom proposals are being discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3251/00]
The Government decision of 8 April 1997 was "to locate at Skibbereen, on a pilot project basis, an outreach centre of Cork Regional Technical College, using a high level of telematic delivery of educational programmes: the centre to have interactive conference linkages with outreach centres at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and at the University of Missouri at St. Louis."
Cork Institute of Technology, formerly Cork Regional Technical College, submitted proposals for two phases of the development of the outreach centre on 12 June 1997. My Department requested sanction from the Department of Finance for expenditure for the planning phase of the proposal on 19 June 1997.
Discussions are ongoing with Department of Finance officials in relation to the sanction required for the expenditure to enable the proposal to progress.
