Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
261 Deputy Damien English asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide a third level education campus in County Meath in order to allow the people living there to advance their skills base for the knowledge society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32249/10]
View answerThere are no plans to develop any new higher education institutions at this time. As the Deputy may be aware, a new national strategy for higher education has been under development by a high level group chaired by Dr Colin Hunt. The question of how Ireland's higher education system should be configured to best meet the challenges of the next two decades has been under consideration as part of this work. I have now been presented with the Group's report and will be consulting with my Government colleagues in relation to its findings in the coming weeks.
