Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is important to point out that UCC has received substantial government investment in recent years under a capital programme. These would have been identified by UCC. With regard to the dental school, we have to go back to 2016 when it was announced that UCC had secured a loan from the European Investment Bank, including €37 million to build a new Cork university dental school, research centre and hospital. On the more substantive issue the Deputy has asked about, I will actually be in Cork on Friday. I will be meeting some of the leadership in the university. I know this is a priority of theirs and is also a priority for the dental council because dentists have to be trained in an appropriate environment. It is also important to highlight the priorities identified by the university and made available to it from the Government included things like the business school and the Kane science redevelopment proposal, which were also successful.

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