Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received or if his attention has been drawn to the report for his Department and the Higher Education Authority regarding the suggested sale of part of the University College Dublin research farm at Lyons Estate, Celbridge, County Kildare which was promised three years ago; if it is still policy to dispose of part of these lands; if his attention has further been drawn to the consequences of continued and ongoing stripping of these resources to part fund other UCD faculties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32906/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Lyons Estate is in the ownership of University College Dublin. The Institution is an autonomous body, with the day-to-day management of the Institution's affairs being a matter for its Governing Body. I have been informed by the HEA that in March 2006, UCD's Governing Authority approved a review of the suitability of the Lyons Estate for the University's future needs and the possible development of the property. This report for the UCD Finance Remuneration and Asset Management Committee is currently being finalised.