James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Senator for leading a recent motion in the Seanad in this area. It was a very useful engagement as well. All of these initial engagements with the committee, the Seanad and the Dáil are really helpful, certainly to me as Minister, to understand the interests of members and generate detailed discussion of areas of my brief.

The Senator has raised a number of items today. I did visit the MTU Cork campus but I have not visited the MTU campus in Tralee yet. I will do so very soon.