Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 July 2021
67. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to progress a third-level NUI campus on the northside of Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36789/21]
View answerI have not been made aware of any plans by NUI to progress a new campus on the northside of Cork city. However, my Department is willing to work collaboratively with higher education institutions on the development of capital projects in line with their established masterplans.
Higher education building projects in Cork supported by my Department include the planned new Learning Resource building at MTU's Bishopstown campus, which will be delivered as part of the Higher Education PPP Programme; a major upgrade of the main 1970s building at MTU's Bishopstown campus; the planned new building for Cork University Business School, which will be delivered as a co-funded project with UCC; and the decarbonisation of the heating system in UCC’s O’Rahilly Building, one of eight energy efficiency and decarbonisation pathfinder projects being supported in the sector.
