Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023
1464. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of enabling students to access GP care through their campus, and for this to be funded through ring-fenced funding from his Department and the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36911/23]
View answerHigher Education Institutions are autonomous bodies within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997, the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006, and the Technological Universities Act 2018 as appropriate.
As autonomous bodies they are responsible for their own day-to-day management and operational affairs, including the management of student services which is a matter for the individual institution. Specific funding for GPs is not provided by my Department. The introduction of a such services would be a matter for individual Higher Education Institutions within the context of their overall student support services and on this basis costings are not available from my Department.
