I propose to take Questions Nos. 294 and 295 together.
My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA institutions. The HEA allocates this grant to institutions for free fees and core grant funding and other specific earmarked initiatives. Institutions receive a grant in lieu of tuition fees for full time eligible EU students - based of certified returns from the institutions.
The HEA uses a Recurrent Grant Allocation Model (RGAM) to determine the amount of core funding (grant) provided to each University/Institute of Technology. Core funding is allocated on a formulae basis using this model and the general principle is that core funding allocations should be fair, simple, transparent and applied consistently across HEI's. Core funding allocated through the RGAM is based on price group-weighted student numbers. These include full-time and part-time, undergraduate and postgraduate students. Student numbers are weighted to reflect different subject areas as different subject areas have different costs. Some access and research metrics are also used. Institutions are ultimately allocated a block grant, and the internal allocation of same is a matter for each institution as an autonomous body.
Details of the recurrent grant allocated to each HEA institution by the HEA is set out in the table.
Institutes of Technology
2008-2012* Grant and Free Fees allocations
Institution
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
Athlone IT
|
28,649,272
|
26,827,584
|
24,191,056
|
22,182,199
|
21,106,174
|
IT Blanchardstown
|
13,891,472
|
13,040,061
|
12,096,694
|
11,712,019
|
11,256,126
|
IT Carlow
|
25,452,798
|
23,321,324
|
21,911,297
|
21,004,368
|
19,735,742
|
Cork IT
|
64,684,165
|
60,784,677
|
56,000,106
|
51,510,926
|
50,403,471
|
DIT
|
136,937,941
|
128,311,581
|
112,948,262
|
102,985,058
|
92,683,852
|
Dundalk IT
|
27,567,980
|
25,789,259
|
24,745,486
|
22,414,932
|
21,829,872
|
Dun Laoghaire IADT
|
15,492,900
|
14,492,391
|
14,338,842
|
12,730,516
|
11,493,322
|
Galway-Mayo IT
|
44,176,332
|
41,442,909
|
36,353,596
|
33,707,763
|
30,694,081
|
Letterkenny IT
|
22,688,679
|
21,254,947
|
19,408,821
|
17,443,609
|
14,968,611
|
Limerick IT**
|
32,020,402
|
29,993,583
|
27,255,675
|
28,922,591
|
32,450,946
|
IT Sligo
|
30,362,356
|
28,358,663
|
25,932,540
|
24,372,824
|
22,269,138
|
IT Tallaght
|
25,185,375
|
23,666,534
|
21,119,999
|
20,105,938
|
18,397,757
|
IT Tralee
|
23,293,615
|
21,882,526
|
20,017,410
|
18,117,521
|
15,824,606
|
Waterford IT
|
50,170,645
|
46,937,467
|
41,569,336
|
40,067,418
|
36,799,828
|
Totals
|
540,573,930
|
506,103,505
|
457,889,121
|
427,277,682
|
399,913,527
|
*Please note that the 2012 allocations are not final
** Limerick IT data for 2012 and 2011 includes allocations for Tipperary Institute
Universities and Other Colleges
2008-2012* Grant and Free Fees allocations
|
2012*
|
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
UCD
|
€121,731,537
|
€140,918,644
|
€152,618,765
|
€175,580,384
|
€186,406,034
|
UCC
|
€91,393,200
|
€107,676,193
|
€116,020,076
|
€126,788,998
|
€138,329,285
|
NUIG
|
€83,591,545
|
€92,285,923
|
€97,234,154
|
€106,244,631
|
€110,008,782
|
NUIM
|
€41,849,275
|
€47,203,686
|
€48,811,330
|
€52,243,097
|
€54,205,871
|
TCD
|
€91,296,815
|
€101,722,432
|
€111,946,152
|
€128,147,720
|
€134,635,916
|
UL
|
€65,043,542
|
€69,141,761
|
€74,734,542
|
€82,046,156
|
€82,197,708
|
DCU (including Oscail)
|
€43,249,282
|
€45,544,108
|
€51,393,803
|
€53,712,276
|
€59,060,434
|
MIC
|
€16,301,523
|
€18,025,496
|
€19,556,053
|
€20,103,411
|
€21,315,416
|
SPD (including ERC)
|
€14,472,764
|
€15,925,591
|
€18,128,638
|
€18,635,585
|
€20,536,933
|
NCAD
|
€9,681,654
|
€11,405,067
|
€11,643,724
|
€12,753,171
|
€13,815,578
|
Mater Dei
|
€2,867,027
|
€3,182,001
|
€3,435,372
|
€3,547,046
|
€3,912,471
|
St. Angela's
|
€4,255,014
|
€4,576,815
|
€4,927,149
|
€5,409,591
|
€4,824,272
|
RCSI
|
€4,717,276
|
€5,680,086
|
€4,215,098
|
€4,766,230
|
€3,567,171
|
RIA
|
€3,108,500
|
€3,285,500
|
€3,525,500
|
€3,890,500
|
€3,911,223
|
NUI
|
€12,697
|
€12,697
|
€12,697
|
€12,697
|
€112,697
|
Total
|
€593,571,651
|
€666,586,000
|
€718,203,053
|
€793,881,493
|
€836,739,790
|
* Not all grants allocated yet .
Note:
These tables show the block grant (grant and fees) allocated to the HEA institutions. Please note that the figures exclude Nursing, which was transferred to the HEA from the Department of Health in 2011 (grants to relevant institutions totalled €55.8m in 2011 and €53.1m in 2012) and Springboard (grants totalled c.€3.9m in 2011 and c.€1.5m to date 2012). The tables also exclude sectoral initiatives (eg. HEAnet, An Cheim, e-journals etc).