David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I accept that point. However, I was making an argument for the potential a technological university would bring to the south east. When I speak to the excellent people in TSSG, they make a case that as an institute of technology they are at a disadvantage because an IT does not get the baseline funding for research and development that universities get. If the two ITs in Waterford and Carlow are successful in becoming a technological university, will they then benefit from the same level of baseline funding that other universities get?