Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 April 2014
80. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the Raising and Giving project which mobilises students to get active in their communities (details supplied). [15758/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030 emphasised the need for a coherent and streamlined funding framework to allocate resources into the higher education sector. For this reason, the Higher Education Authority has the remit to consider all requests for funding and assess them in terms of prioritisation of currently available resources for the system. I understand that following my own meeting with RAG, Tom Boland, CEO, HEA met with the RAG CEO and Co-Founder, Daithí De Buitléir and was also provided with a briefing on the work of RAG. Unfortunately the HEA have confirmed that there is no available funding at this time, however I understand that the HEA is exploring other ways that this worthy endeavour could fruitfully be supported in the third level sector.
