Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 October 2022
133. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that the €21 million allocated under non-core additional National Recovery and Resilience Plan allocation will be spent; if the €21 million is a first or full-year costing; the value in full-year costings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50482/22]
View answerThe Estimates for Public Services 2023 were published as part of the Budget 2023 Expenditure report.
The Higher Education allocation for 2023 includes an allocation of €21million towards Technological University development under the National Recovery & Resilience Plan Allocation (NRRP). The 2023 allocation is the year 2 allocation under the NRRP Priority Component 3: Social and Economic Recovery and Job Creation:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/d4939-national-recovery-and-resilience-plan-2021/.
Page 27 of the NRRP details the project in question, project 3.3. TU Education and Training Reforms. In April 2022 grants agreements were signed between the HEA and the technological sector including all 5 TUs and the Dundalk and Dun Laoghaire Institutes of Technology. The 2022 costs of the project are projected at €19 million, and the 2023 costs are projected at €21 million.
Full details on the allocation of resources across spending areas will be detailed in the annual Revised Estimates Volume for the Public Service (REV).
