Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Dr. Jim Port report on the submission of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to university status is supportive of the WIT submission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4832/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In March 2007, Dr Jim Port, JM Consulting was appointed to conduct a preliminary examination of the WIT application having regard to:

(i) the national strategy for the development of Irish higher education,

(ii) the implications for regional development in the South-East in the context of the National Spatial Strategy, and

(iii) any likely implications for the overall structure of higher education in Ireland.It is expected that consideration of Waterford IT's proposal and the report on it by Dr Port will conclude in the coming weeks.