Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

2:00 pm

Photo of Lisa ChambersLisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the section on targeted investment the Minister touches on the action plan for education saying investment is key to the approach taken. Following the Cassells report, what is the Department doing in the funding of third level education? I appreciate that the Government has not taken a decision on which option, if any, of the ones outlined in the report is preferable. In the interim, however, it is important in the budget to invest in the third level sector. Trinity College Dublin was once ranked 45th in the university world rankings, but it is no longer ranked. We have a problem and the matter should not be left until budget 2018 to be dealt with.

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