Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 867: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to provide a formal chair for music at the GMIT centre in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10117/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has not been contacted by GMIT in respect of the provision of a formal chair for music. In accordance with the provisions of the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992-2006, internal organisation of individual institutes is a matter for governing bodies and management.

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 868: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has carried out an audit of the facilities and future requirements of the GMIT Institute of Technology at Galway; her proposals for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10118/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A comprehensive survey of the level and condition of space available at Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) was undertaken in the context of preparing the Kelly Report. I have approved substantial capital investment for two projects at GMIT arising from this Report.

A new Engineering School will be delivered at the Institute through the PPP process. The Institute is currently dealing with a range of preparatory issues so that the project can advance to the next stage. A second project, involving substantial improvement works is in an advanced stage of architectural design.