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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place to ensure third-level students will return to on-campus in-person activities in September 2021 in view of the potential spread of the Covid-19 Delta strain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36823/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (8 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the acquisition of a site for the Wexford campus of the Technological University of South East Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37071/21]
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: I have a question on the deficits that are currently being carried by Waterford Institute of Technology, WIT. The figure is an accumulated deficit of €5.97 million. What is the HEA doing to reduce the overall deficit within the sector? How is it handling that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: Have there been previous projections from WIT that it has not been able to meet?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: Is it that Ms Cunningham does not know or is that a "No"?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: Does anybody know within the group?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: What does the HEA expect the effect will be? I am newly elected but I have been involved in the technological university of south east Ireland, TUSEI, process with Carlow and Waterford for the last number of months. I am glad that the application has gone in but I would like to understand what effect this may have in future. Will it affect the finances of IT Carlow, which has a campus in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: Is that realistic on the basis that once the TUSEI is formed, which should be in January 2022, how do you go back and separate issues? This has been the bone of contention. We need to understand whether there is going to be a hold-up on the funding for a new campus for Wexford. That is really what I am at. I need to understand that there will be no adverse effects on that project.
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: How has the HEA done that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: How long has that process been going on?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: From the time the MTU formed, how long has the HEA been in the process of still dealing with IT Tralee-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: Has it been successful in reducing the deficit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: I understand about Dr. Wall's note, but has there been a successful reduction as a result of the HEA's input?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: Does the HEA have a specific input? Is there a penalty? For instance, if the deficit continues is there a penalty that ensues from the HEA?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: From that, I understand that should the Waterford IT deficit grow or not be reduced, there would be no imposition on funding for the TUSEI in future?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: Can Dr. Wall just answer "Yes" or "No" to that question? If the deficit grows or is not reduced, will there be no imposition on funding for the TUSEI project in future?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: Yes. Will it damage the funding?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: It will not. That is good to hear. Does Dr. Wall have any information on where the project for the Wexford campus is at with Carlow IT at the moment? It is in the commercial stages but these are not commercially sensitive. Has a site been purchased yet?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: My understanding is that the HEA has given the go-ahead for funding of a site purchase. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)
Verona Murphy: Does the HEA know if that site has been acquired, as such, at this point?