Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If members have no further questions, I will ask in regard to programme B. While the relevant Minister is not present, the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, might be able to facilitate me. There is an additional capital allocation of €10.74 million for innovation support. I see €8.74 million has been allocated to four bodies, including Trinity College, NUI Maynooth and the Tyndall National Institute. The other €2 million in capital funding is being provided to the programme for research in third level institutions. When I looked all the way down the list, I noticed only one institute of technology was successful, DIT. I am disappointed. I am open to correction but that is how I read it. As the Minister knows, the institutes of technology are sometimes seen as the poor relations because they cannot borrow off balance sheet and they find this very difficult at times. Is there any reason only one institute of technology was successful and all the other moneys allocated were to universities?