Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
1169. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of his Department’s capital and non-capital expenditures including research grants through the Higher Education Authority, Science Foundation Ireland and other agencies providing third-level funding supports which were provided to Trinity College Dublin since 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19406/22]
View answerThe funding allocated to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, as set down in the annual Estimates, is used to meet costs associated with the provision of further and higher education, labour market initiatives including skills, and Irish research and development. The allocation is provided both directly and through my Department’s aegis bodies to fund: i) salaries and pensions of public sector workers in the higher education, further education and research sectors, ii) day to day running costs and capital investment needs of higher and further education institutions, iii) Irish research including through Science Foundation Ireland, iv) skills and labour market initiatives through SOLAS and the National Training Fund, v) general administration costs of my Department. Funding is also allocated to a range of programmes and initiatives.
As my Department was established during 2020, the table below outlines grant funding provided to Trinity College Dublin through the Higher Education Authority and Science Foundation Ireland from January 2020 to March 2022 inclusive.
Grant Funding to Trinity College Dublin from January 2020 to March 2022 Inclusive
|
Year |
Recurrent & other Grants €'000 |
Capital Grants €'000 |
Erasmus Grants €'000 |
Research Grants (Capital) €'000 |
Access grants €'000 |
Total Grants €'000 |
|
2020 |
126,135 |
5,819 |
1,392 |
54,603 |
1,735 |
189,684 |
|
2021 |
161,800 |
7,644 |
603 |
58,896 |
1,890 |
230,833 |
|
2022 |
30,534 |
1,003 |
- |
3,866 |
344 |
35,748 |
|
Total |
318,469 |
14,466 |
1,995 |
117,365 |
3,969 |
456,265 |
To note:
Recurrent & Other Grants refers to grants allocated under the Recurrent Grant Allocation Model which is a model used by the HEA to allocate core recurrent funding to institutions and includes allocations for skills within the National Training Fund and allocations for Superannuation costs.
Access Grants refers to Students with Disabilities, Student Assistance Fund, Covid Student Assistance, and Programme for Access to Higher Education grants.
