Professor Maggie Cusack:

I thank the Senator for those comments. She asked a specific question about what should be done in the short term. I would repeat the fact that a lot of work has been done. The technical universities have really worked with the Higher Education Authority and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. We have done preliminary business cases and the needs analysis and we have identified the land, so that piece on the borrowing framework really unlocks it. I really hope we can built on the work that has been done rather than start again or reinvent things.