Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 December 2022
116. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the proposed new further education and training campus on the grounds of a location (details supplied) in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59698/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe College of the Future Major Projects Fund will support the implementation of the vision set out in the Further Education Strategy.
During a recent visit to Galway earlier this week, I was very pleased to announce that Galway Roscommon ETBs strategic proposal to develop a Further Education College in Galway city was successful in the first stage of the assessment process under the FET College of the Future Major Projects Fund.
GRETB’s proposal envisages the development of a new state-of-the-art FET campus on a site adjacent to its Mervue Training facility. This proposed new development would facilitate the strengthening of FET in Galway City and the wider region due to its close proximity to the training Centre in Mervue, Atlantic Technological University and NUI Galway.
This proposal will now progress to the next stage of the project lifecycle under the public Spending Code, which requires the development of a detailed Preliminary Business Case. This will begin in early 2023. A further evaluation of preliminary business cases for the ten proposals being allowed to progress to the second stage of the assessment process will be undertaken in 2023.
