Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In our exchange during Leaders' Questions yesterday regarding south-east development progress, the Taoiseach said that the university for the south east is done. Almost one year after the merger, it is far from done on the ground. Indeed, at this moment, it is more of a complex and somewhat loveless merger with a rebrand.

What measures specifically does the Government plan to take to make the university a meaningful improvement? The Taoiseach promised a game-changer that will halt the brain drain. When will the decade-long PPP engineering building commence? When will the South East Technological University be allowed to borrow to build additional teaching space? What capital investment is envisaged on the long-awaited footprint at Waterford? At this point, the Taoiseach's mantra that the university is done sounds more in tune with George Bush's mission accomplished speech in Iraq.

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