The proposal from Kildare Wicklow ETB (KWETB) for the development of a new Education and Training Facility in Maynooth, County Kildare, requires a substantial capital investment.
In May this year my Department informed KWETB that there is currently no dedicated capital funding for Further Education and Training projects and that the Department's overall capital budget for 2016 was fully allocated. My Department’s 2017 capital allocation is also fully allocated. However, my Department, in consultation with SOLAS, will keep this proposal under consideration in the context of competing demands for capital investment should capital resources become available in 2017 and also in the context of capital estimates for future years.