Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that all colleges in the third level sector are assured that any private fundraising they engage in will not result in their direct funding from the Exchequer being cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27573/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I accept as a matter of principle that income generated by higher education institutions from external sources should not be subject to off-setting in the allocation of Exchequer funding. This is in a context where the OECD review of Irish higher education recommended institutions should be incentivised to seek external sources of funding. However, in determining the income which it is appropriate for institutions to retain, account must be taken of Exchequer expenditure which has facilitated the generation of such income.