Written answers

Thursday, 27 September 2007

Department of Education and Science

Third Level Facilities

5:00 pm

Photo of Willie PenroseWillie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration has been given by her Department or other interested parties in relation to the provision of a third level facility in Mullingar or if same is being considered as part of the development plan for the provision of third level facilities here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21245/07]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In the State as a whole there are over twenty publicly-funded higher education institutions — seven of which are universities and fourteen institutes of technology. In its review of Irish Higher Education published in 2004, the OECD observed that Irish Third Level Institutions were relatively small by international standards and that this posed particular challenges in terms of achieving critical mass for academic provision, infrastructure, research and support mechanisms.

In view of the current level of third level provision nationally, there are no plans to develop third level education facilities in Mullingar.

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