Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2024
852. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the capital expenditure within each of the technological universities since their creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42802/24]
View answerMy Department has disbursed almost €195m in capital funding to the Technological University Sector under a number of capital programmes including the Higher Education Strategic and Infrastructural Fund (HESIF), the Infrastructure and Refurbishment Fund (IURF), the Energy Efficiency Decarbonisation Pathway Programme (EEDPP), the Devolved Capital Grant, the Apprenticeship Programme Grant, the Higher Education Research and Equipment Grant (HEREG) etc.
Details of amounts disbursed to each Technological University since their creation is provided in the following table.
In addition, significant capital investment is ongoing in relation to operational Public Private Partnership projects delivered for Technological University Dublin at Grangeorman and the National Maritime College of Ireland and Cork School of Music at Munster Technological University.
Details of the capital expenditure within each of the technological universities since their creation
|
HEI and Merge Date |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 ( 01/01/2024 - 16/10/2024) |
Total |
|
Technological University of Dublin (TUD) from 01/01/2020 |
€6,494,269.69 |
€8,394,671.11 |
€10,578,638.01 |
€15,931,183.00 |
€14,724,340.06 |
€207,434.58 |
€56,330,536.45 |
|
Munster Technological University (MTU) from 01/01/2021 |
€6,225,213.65 |
€7,161,658.22 |
€16,082,846.52 |
€6,548,628.54 |
€36,018,346.93 |
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|
Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) from 01/10/2021 |
€1,307,953.08 |
€6,786,531.32 |
€22,871,330.33 |
€5,855,982.18 |
€36,821,796.91 |
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|
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) from 01/04/2022 with St Angela College joined from 01/11/2023 |
€16,130,504.86 |
€15,382,755.36 |
€12,566,809.48 |
€44,080,069.70 |
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South East Technological University (SETU) from 01/05/2022 |
€3,994,368.94 |
€14,693,313.54 |
€2,964,498.02 |
€21,652,180.50 |
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|
TOTAL |
€6,494,269.69 |
€8,394,671.11 |
€18,111,804.74 |
€50,004,246.34 |
€83,754,585.81 |
€28,143,352.80 |
€194,902,930.49 |
