Funding has been provided to the college over the last number of years to provide temporary accommodation for the college to assist with their accommodation needs in the short term. The capital allocation in 2003 is based on legally enforceable contractual commitments approved by the Department by close of business on Thursday, 14 November 2002. Officials from the Department of Education and Science will commence, in the new year, a series of meetings with the Higher Education Authority to review the entire set of capital requirements in the third level sector with a view to re-establishing priorities and re-phasing projects in the context of future funding expectation.