Róisín Shortall
Ceist:171 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science further to the December 2001 announcement of ?34.4 million under the higher education authority's PRTLI Cycle for the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, including ?6 million for equipment and ?12.5 million for a specialist building, the reason for the delay in releasing this funding; if this funding will be made available without further delay in view of the fact that the NICB scientists are now left without equipment or laboratory facilities necessary for their research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19194/03]