Third Level Funding.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2004

Wednesday, 29 September 2004

Ceisteanna (205, 206)

Brian O'Shea

Ceist:

385 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the capital funding and the revenue funding provided to each of the universities and to each of the institutes of technology in the years 2001, 2002, 2003 and to date in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21554/04]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

439 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated to each university in the State from his Department for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21887/04]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. N. Dempsey)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 385 and 439 together. The information requested is outlined in the following documents.

Capital Funding Provided to Universities 1997-2004 (22/9/04)

Institute	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004 (22/9/04)	Total Per University
	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s
National University of Ireland, Dublin	1,502	150	1,626	12,269	29,533	16,933	5,611	3,409	71,033
National University of Ireland, Cork	3,778	2,193	3,568	12,253	12,776	4,574	1,528	549	41,219
National University of Ireland, Galway	421	2,426	8,512	12,080	4,051	5,896	308	0	33,694
National University of Ireland, Maynooth	3,999	5,152	2,402	9,336	2,983	15,075	3,009	0	41,956
Trinity College Dublin	3,627	1,380	3,260	18,216	13,018	7,672	2,990	5,444	55,607
University of Limerick	5,970	3,128	9,747	5,533	3,754	2,832	332	0	31,296
Dublin City University	3,174	4,566	9,877	30,984	24,530	12,478	4,263	215	90,087
TOTAL	22,471	18,995	38,992	100,671	90,645	65,460	18,041	9,617	364,892

Capital Funding Provided to Institutes of Technology 2001-22/09/2004

Institute	2001	2002	2003	2004 22/09/2004	Total Funding per Institute
	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s
Athlone Institute of Technology	8,093	9,885	4,080	348	22,406
Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown	21,804	38,155	193	170	60,322
Institute of Technology, Carlow	3,295	1,023	1,680	41	6,039
Cork Institute of Technology	10,647	6,220	4,814	5,982	27,663
Dublin Institute of Technology	26,287	25,441	5,247	2,519	59,494
Dundalk Institute of Technology	23,880	6,493	729	67	31,169
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology	1,956	1,815	5,089	288	9,148
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	11,792	16,463	4,202	308	32,765
Killybegs Tourism College	2,205	657	85	209	3,156
Letterkenny Institute of Technology	3,320	5,464	8,510	916	18,210
Limerick Institute of Technology	10,372	5,975	2,008	132	18,487
Institute of Technology, Sligo	9,039	9,523	268	0	18,830
Institute of Technology, Tallaght	9,624	0	120	0	9,744
Institute of Technology, Tralee	12,188	2,201	928	0	15,317
Tipperary, Rural and Business Development Institute	1,473	585	20	0	2,078
Waterford Institute of Technology	8,332	7,676	8,697	187	24,892
Annual Total	164,307	137,576	46,670	11,167	359,720

Note:

Amounts provided relate to not only state funded capital investment programmes, but include also capital programmes part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and Scientific and Technological (Investment) Fund.

Annual Recurrent Funding provided by Department to HEA sector.

	Grant inc. Free Fees
Institution	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004 (September)
	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000
National University of Ireland	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
University College Dublin	89,547	102,493	109,901	116,124	131,717	145,436	153,561	117521
University College Cork	54,015	62,857	71,634	75,888	89,033	94,863	99,710	70100
National University of Ireland Galway	37,914	44,036	48,908	53,521	63,557	72,998	76,611	53370
National University of Ireland Maynooth	18,796	21,018	25,976	26,940	31,131	35,156	36,722	25974
Trinity College Dublin	59,308	66,604	73,624	80,178	93,061	101,337	108,946	80403
Dublin City University	29,200	34,411	39,323	44,704	50,610	58,260	62,461	41502
University of Limerick	36,646	43,090	50,962	58,112	65,835	70,920	74,771	47865
National College of Art & Design	6,566	7,293	7,835	8,393	10,348	9,605	11,283	8787
Royal College of Surgeons	—	—	—	40	75	909	1,724	1076
Royal Irish Academy	—	—	—	—	2,553	2,826	2,973	2450
NCEA/other	170	170	254	3,428	—	—	—	0
Totals	332,175	381,985	428,430	467,341	537,933	592,323	628,775	449,061

Notes

DCU includes St. Patricks College, Drumcondra & Mater Dei.

UL includes Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.

The 2004 allocation to the HEA sector is €630.549 million.

Recurrent Funding to Institutes of Technology

1997 to 2003 and 2004 to-date
Institute	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004 to-date
	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s	€000’s
Athlone Institute of Technology	13,916	14,888	16,206	17,605	20,262	22,074	24,540	19,358
Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown	0	236	2,258	4,206	5,906	8,143	10,108	6,815
Institute of Technology, Carlow	13,367	14,046	15,250	16,824	18,520	19,870	20,875	9,514
Cork Institute of Technology	28,891	33,024	35,956	42,519	48,187	51,700	56,365	40,643
Dublin Institute of Technology	72,987	77,137	84,914	91,006	101,698	107,385	114,695	96,700
Dundalk Institute of Technology	12,245	12,842	9,571	11,755	18,827	21,006	22,704	18,524
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology	3,094	4,902	10,768	12,869	10,500	11,258	12,285	5,418
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	20,263	22,795	24,987	28,914	31,806	35,559	37,773	31,457
Letterkenny Institute of Technology	9,678	10,734	11,571	13,252	14,793	15,793	17,112	12,482
Limerick Institute of Technology	13,887	14,999	16,600	19,807	21,456	22,840	24,616	13,892
Institute of Technology, Sligo	13,528	15,212	15,838	18,826	21,774	24,423	25,050	14,330
Institute of Technology, Tallaght	9,434	9,673	11,240	14,033	14,368	18,533	19,389	9,971
Institute of Technology, Tralee	11,626	12,388	13,390	15,814	17,567	20,675	21,996	12,885
Waterford Institute of Technology	18,627	21,761	23,774	27,823	33,691	36,858	39,065	27,785
Totals	241,543	264,637	292,323	335,253	379,355	416,117	446,573	319,774

Funding comprises: recurrent grant, tuition fees in respect of students on Certificate, Diploma and Degree courses and payments in respect of Maintenance Grants and Student Services Charge for students eligible for support under Third Level Trainee scheme.

Funding from the Information Technology Investment Fund is also included.