Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Regarding subhead C4, I welcome the fact that funding for the universities and institutes of technology has increased by 5%. This is a little too late, however, given that funding per student has fallen by over 20%. The institutes of technology are experiencing a funding crisis and there is talk of redundancies in at least one institute. Can the Minister confirm that there will be no forced redundancies in this sector and can he advise on the implementation of the Cush report? Can the Minister also advise on how much of the current general grant to universities is spent on pay?