Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has engaged with Trinity College Dublin. With the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, it has offered to provide funding for a number of years to help to contribute towards a sustainable model in Science Gallery Dublin. Trinity College Dublin needs to do work to develop a new vision and a sustainable financial model for the long-term future of the science gallery. The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is awaiting a submission from Trinity College Dublin on those matters. There is a separate issue around the contractual arrangements with the existing staff of the gallery and that is a matter for Trinity College Dublin and its staff.

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