Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The planned amalgamation of Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow into a technological university of the south east has been slowly plodding and going nowhere for two or three decades. I am sure the Minister of State might want to tell me about the progression of the Technological Universities Bill but the truth is that even a technological university will do little to address educational deficits faced by people in Wexford. Earlier this week, we learned that the proposed acquisition of land for a new Institute of Technology Carlow campus in Wexford has fallen through. Can the Minister explain what happened to this land deal given that the HEA paid a deposit 12 months ago?

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