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Higher Education Funding.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 March 2007

Thursday, 22 March 2007

Ceisteanna (65)

Jan O'Sullivan

Ceist:

52 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science the capital investment her Department has made since 1980, by year and by institution for all of the higher education institutions that now operate under the aegis of the Higher Education Authority, including the institutes of technology, the colleges of education and any other higher education institutions in receipt of public funds in respect of capital investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10706/07]

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The Deputy's request for information back dated to 1980 and relating to the level of capital funding provided to higher education institutions is not readily available. Data from 1997 to date are readily available and are shown in the table for the Institutes of Technology and the University sectors. Data for other colleges from 2000 onwards are shown in the other table.

The data are not inclusive of research funding provided under the Programme for Research in Third level Institutions which is administered by the Higher Education Authority. Funding under the Programme to date amounts to €195m.

Capital Funding provided to Universities 1997-2006

Institute

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

€000’s

€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

10,294

27,397

10,713

3,350

7,563

5,261

19,984

National University of Ireland, Cork

3,778

2,193

3,568

10,421

7,933

2,827

584

5,449

6,185

1,317

National University of Ireland, Galway

421

2,426

8,512

9,798

2,557

2,652

108

5

6,785

1,487

National University of Ireland, Maynooth

3,999

5,152

2,402

9,176

2,338

12,816

2,658

0

0

0

Trinity College Dublin

3,627

1,380

3,260

11,318

5,748

5,211

494

2,317

513

1,212

University of Limerick

5,970

3,128

9,747

4,236

1,497

2,229

332

2,177

8,860

1,600

Dublin City University

3,174

4,566

9,877

26,758

21,440

11,463

4,263

397

1,500

168

Capital Funding provided to Institutes of Technology 1997 to Date

Institute

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

Athlone Institute of Technology

808

1,632

1,220

2,507

8,093

9,885

4,080

2,163

913

1,922

0

Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown

0

22

9,714

4,646

21,803

38,155

193

1,707

204

929

4

Institute of Technology, Carlow

2,103

4,398

10,354

5,788

3,295

1,023

1,680

1,155

197

2,390

498

Cork Institute of Technology

3,622

7,632

5,330

13,771

10,647

6,220

4,814

14,987

11,807

5,659

370

Dublin Institute of Technology

3,915

4,064

3,965

11,981

23,851

20,560

1,849

5,946

1,294

5,663

0

Dundalk Institute of Technology

2,154

4,206

3,314

10,947

23,880

6,943

729

1,096

366

1,861

0

Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

1,329

6,456

3,688

2,372

1,956

1,815

5,081

1,093

608

795

0

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

6,353

1,888

2,755

7,292

11,792

16,463

4,202

2,483

1,131

2,609

0

Killybegs Tourism College

31

35

274

614

2,205

657

85

422

38

118

0

Letterkenny Institute of Technology

7,020

1,336

1,634

4,735

3,320

5,464

8,510

2,222

292

1,075

0

Limerick Institute of Technology

3,491

2,862

3,566

4,419

10,372

5,975

2,008

1,746

585

1,955

0

Institute of Technology, Sligo

1,316

5,221

6,529

7,972

9,040

9,523

268

1,417

364

1,981

0

Institute of Technology, Tallaght

7,221

2,223

8,728

5,918

9,624

0

120

1,054

204

1,519

0

Institute of Technology, Tralee

1,197

1,961

2,584

11,860

12,188

2,201

928

1,143

421

1,170

0

Waterford Institute of Technology

1,923

4,160

8,413

9,779

8,332

7,676

8,697

2,596

542

6,289

6

Capital Funding provided to Colleges 2000-2006

Institute

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

€000’s

St. Patrick’s Drumcondra

316

0

896

117

18

268

1,832

Mary Immaculate College

816

1,648

983

490

453

1,788

11,705

NCAD

737

330

383

0

421

0

694

RCSI

1,251

146

611

191

1,197

838

0

St. Angela’s College

263

12

39

313

0

0

0

Mater Dei

102

342

74

0

0

0

0

Question No. 53 answered with QuestionNo. 19.
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