Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 405: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on an application by a college (details supplied) in County Galway for the provision of education and training at the college for countryside residents in the west of Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an urgent need for a decision to be made on a proposal already submitted to the Department of Education and Science by GMIT to provide phases four and six apprenticeship in plastering at the college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36165/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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This is a matter primarily for the Minister for Education and Science. I am aware of the proposal regarding the Agriculture College in Mountbellew submitted to the Department of Education and Science by GMIT. I plan to discuss a number of issues around the future of agricultural colleges with my Ministerial colleagues in the Departments of Education & Science and Agriculture & Food in the near future.