Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to fund the development plans of the Institute of Technology, Tallaght; the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39718/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The allocation of capital funding amounting to €900 million to cover the period 2006-2010 for the third level sector has enabled me to deal with a number of key priority projects in the sector that were identified during the needs assessment and prioritisation work carried out by the Kelly review group, which reported in September 2004.

As a result of this allocation, I recently gave approval for a further 35 priority projects to be delivered. A total of 18 of these projects will be delivered by conventional procurement involving direct Exchequer funding while the balance of 17 will be delivered through the public private partnership, PPP, process.

I am pleased to inform the Deputy that four separate projects at the Institute of Technology Tallaght will be delivered through the PPP methodology. The projects in question are infrastructure works, a catering and tourism building, an engineering building and a multi-purpose centre.