Vol. 452 No. 5
83 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Education, in view of the recommendation made in the interim report of the Higher Education Authority's steering committee's technical working group, if she will issue approval for the upgrading of Waterford Regional Technical College to Institute of Technology status. [8314/95]
I will consider this issue, among others, when I receive the report of the steering committee on the future development of the higher education sector together with the views of the Higher Education Authority. I established the steering committee in 1993, under the aegis of the Higher Education Authority to report to me on the future development of this sector. I received for my information the interim report of the technical working group to the steering committee which was published in January 1995. This report represents a valuable contribution to the work of the steering committee.
