Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2009
299 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to plans to abolish the faculty of tourism and food at Dublin Institute of Technology, Cathal Brugha Street; his views on the implications for tourism of the fragmentation of this vital body of knowledge; if he has received representations from the industry in respect of this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10000/09]
View answerI have no remit in regard to the management and organisation of the Institutes of Technology. The Institutes of Technology fall under the remit of the Minister for Education and Science.
It is my understanding that, in the context of its scheduled relocation to the Grangegorman campus, the Dublin Institute of Technology is considering some organisational restructuring. However, I have no reason to believe that the important tourism related craft training programmes provided by Dublin Institute of Technology will be discontinued. Neither I nor any of my officials have received any representations in relation to the matter.
