Dr. Patrick Prendergast:

I will take Wexford as an example. That is a capital project. I am sure the other TUs have similar capital projects and refurbishment projects in respect of infrastructure. If we want to build up research and innovation capacity, we have to have some capital programme for refurbishment and development of new building infrastructure. That is a priority. The matter of equity is also important. Why should the State pay X for every student in the traditional university sector and a percentage of X less for a student in the TU sector? This is an equity issue and it is not right. It should be fixed. Capital and the equity issue are the two issues that are of particular importance.