Thomas Gould
Question:31. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the delivery of a university campus on the northside of Cork city. [55306/25]
View answerThursday, 16 October 2025
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My officials and I are working closely with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to realise our collective ambition for the delivery of Higher Education across the country. Rather than operating from an institution-specific annual distribution, capital projects across the Higher Education sector are identified through competitive programmes and processes, with successful projects progressing through the various stages of architectural planning, tender and construction in line with the provisions of the Infrastructure Guidelines (formerly Public Spending Code). No proposal has been received for the delivery of a university campus on the northside of Cork city.
Higher education capital funding and related projects are primarily organised on the basis of funding programmes, which have tailored parameters depending on the objectives that they seek to achieve.
The key Exchequer funding programmes to date include the following:
- Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Fund
- Higher Education Infrastructure Upgrade and Refurbishment Fund
- Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme (co-funded with SEAI)
- Technological Sector Strategic Projects Fund (TSSPF)