Joe O'Toole (Independent)

Senator Mark Daly brought to my attention the fact that the Dublin Institute of Technology, the largest third level college in the country, does not have access to the Irish Research Electronic Library initiative, while the seven universities do. That is disgraceful. There is no case for excluding the DIT. It smacks of an elite cabal of senior educationalists keeping the institute out. It means the institute cannot conduct its research and turns on its head all Government policy on developing research in the education and other areas. The Minister for Education and Science should explain to the House how this will be resolved.