Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)

Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the seven universities here face a budget deficit of approximately €25 million, that direct Government support fell by €11,240 per student, 18% in real terms, between 1995 and 2001, that further cuts have resulted in a 32% reduction in the student core grant funding during 1995 to 2005 and that €50 million, taken out of the third level budget in the years 2002-03, has never been replaced; the steps she will take to reverse this serial reduction in gross funding for universities here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13214/08]

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