John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The future cycles of the PRTLI are referenced in the national development plan and a scoping of a future cycle has been undertaken by the Department of Education and Skills. Action has been taken by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and by the Department of Education and Skills to fund the main elements of the PRTLI, such as research, building equipment and structured PhD programmes. The €2 million supplementary allocation will be used to pay off some of the remaining Exchequer commitments. The outstanding cumulative Exchequer commitment for cycle 5 of the PRTLI is €3.042 million, following the payment of €2 million. The institutions that will benefit most from the allocation will be Dublin City University, University College Galway, Maynooth University, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University College Dublin, University of Limerick and Technological University Dublin.