Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Not to get ahead of myself, but I know from conversations I have had with the UU, ATU, the shared island unit and others that there is strong and exciting pipeline of projects coming from both ATU Letterkenny and UU Derry with respect to things they can do together. These are in the research space and the medical education space, especially. The senior management teams of both ATU Donegal and UU Derry are meeting to develop a proposal to try to meet the Government's commitment to contribute to the capital investment to support extended provision of the campus and also to address the progress with the linked commitment on the part of the Northern Ireland Executive to bring forward proposals for the development and expansion of the UU Magee Campus. This will include the necessary increase in the maximum number of students to realise the 10,000 student-campus target and a graduate-entry medical school.

We now have a university in ATU, a university in Derry and an ability to interconnect. I would love to come and visit Letterkenny. I would also love to come and see the campus in Killybegs the Deputy and I talked about and see how we can really get the north west going. I will be in touch with him to arrange that.

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