Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2021
592. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 29 April 2021, the details of the specific strategic or important purposes that were identified since 2018; the corresponding amount of top-sliced or ring-fenced funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23724/21]
View answerMy Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to HEA designated higher education institutions.
The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions via the recurrent funding model. Top sliced and ring fenced funding for specific Departmental or Sectoral strategic purposes is a component of the funding model in addition to the block grant and performance funding.
Details of the top slice allocations for the years 2018 to 2020 are outlined in the table.
Separately, as announced in July, Government provided additional and re-prioritised funding in the amount of €168m to enable providers to facilitate the safe return of students to further and higher education in 2020, in the context of public health advice. This funding included provision for PPE and equipment, online learning costs, student supports and research costs. Of the additional funding €131m was allocated via the HEA under the B4 subhead.
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DFHERIS Directed Top Slices |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
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Student Wellbeing* |
€3,000,000 |
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Killybegs |
€750,000 |
€750,000 |
€750,000 |
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TU Transformation Fund (formerly Landscape Reform Allocation) (including MEND) |
€11,764,869 |
€14,250,000 |
€29,889,059 |
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Strategic Skills |
€4,050,609 |
€3,769,379 |
€4,495,434 |
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DRI |
€300,000 |
€300,000 |
€300,000 |
|
Transfer of Former Church of Ireland College of Education to DCU |
€1,900,000 |
€1,900,000 |
€1,900,000 |
|
National Youth Orchestra |
€96,000 |
€96,000 |
€96,000 |
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Transfer Froebel to MU |
€2,500,000 |
€1,800,000 |
€500,000 |
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Gaeltacht Strategy** |
€210,000 |
€396,000 |
€382,800 |
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Innovation and Transformation Fund |
€6,200,000 |
€2,716,721 |
€4,730,000 |
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Performance fund and capacity building |
€5,000,000 |
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Multi Campus |
€800,000 |
€900,000 |
€900,000 |
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GMIT campus |
€750,000 |
€750,000 |
€750,000 |
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IReL post in MU |
€22,000 |
€59,542 |
|
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Academic Medical Consultants Payments |
€9,000,000 |
€1,746,000 |
|
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Gender Equality Initiatives |
€294,000 |
€760,078 |
|
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Management and Leadership |
€250,000 |
€380,000 |
|
|
Teaching and Learning Capacity |
€5,570,000 |
€5,000,000 |
|
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Research Fund for Technological Sector |
€5,000,000 |
€5,000,000 |
|
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Additional Student Places |
€5,000,000 |
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Teacher Education |
€500,000 |
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Strategic System Top Slices |
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Nursing |
€42,502,223 |
€45,029,687 |
€48,655,427 |
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National Forum for Teaching and Learning |
€2,250,000 |
€1,680,000 |
€2,250,000 |
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Shared Services - Irish Survey of Student Engagement |
€360,000 |
€360,000 |
€274,000 |
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Shared Services - Other |
€339,173 |
€340,766 |
€181,958 |
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University Top-slices |
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Literacy and Numeracy Strategy |
€5,806,000 |
€5,806,000 |
€5,806,000 |
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Medical Education |
€20,000,000 |
€20,000,000 |
€19,500,000 |
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Veterinary and Dentistry Provision |
€4,350,000 |
€4,275,000 |
€4,275,000 |
|
Skills, Therapies, |
€646,000 |
€646,000 |
€646,000 |
|
Acadamh (NUI Galway) |
€1,766,000 |
€1,766,000 |
€1,766,000 |
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Edward Kennedy Centre for Conflict Resolution (MU) |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
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Irish Strategic Initiative |
€850,000 |
€850,000 |
€900,000 |
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MIC St Patrick's Thurles |
€700,000 |
€350,000 |
€350,000 |
|
E Journals |
€4,145,000 |
€4,250,000 |
€4,310,000 |
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Former ITE Staff |
€468,000 |
€477,894 |
€370,400 |
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Former St. Catherine's Staff Transfer**** |
€411,765 |
€422,217 |
€435,673 |
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National University of Ireland |
€12,697 |
€12,697 |
€12,697 |
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IT Investment Fund (included with Skills from 2019) |
€1,405,681 |
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Technological Sector Specific Top-slices |
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HEAnet**** |
€2,683,000 |
€2,812,000 |
|
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Educampus**** |
€8,346,000 |
€8,436,000 |
|
|
E Journals |
€220,521 |
€250,000 |
€160,000 |
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Literacy and Numeracy Strategy |
€80,000 |
€80,000 |
€80,000 |
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Technological Sector - Sectoral Compact |
€100,000 |
€200,000 |
* In addition to €2m provided through the RGAM in 2020 for Student Wellbeing
** Funded directly by the Department of Education and Skills for 2021
*** Pension element for these staff members is now paid from a different subhead
**** Funded directly by the Department of Education since 2020
