Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to his Department in respect of paying funds to the DIT for the purposes of protecting the existing buildings on the Grangegorman site; when his Department will commit funds for the transfer of the existing DIT campus to the new Grangegorman site; and the costs involved for his Department to date. [35226/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Grangegorman site is currently in the ownership of the Health Service Executive and any costs associated with the maintenance of buildings on the site is therefore a matter for the HSE. As the Deputy is aware the Grangegorman Development Agency was established under Section 8 of the Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005. The general aim of the Agency is to oversee the development of the lands at Grangegorman on behalf of the Departments of Education and Science, Health and Children, Dublin Institute of Technology and the Health Service Executive.

Section 12 of the Act provides that the Agency following its establishment must prepare a Strategic plan consisting of a written statement and a plan indicating the objectives for the development of the Grangegorman site, including the setting of a budget for the strategic plan subject to the approval of the Minister for Education and Science together with a strategy for its delivery within the set budget. A total of €3.6 million was provided to the Agency during the period 2006-2007 with a further allocation of €7m being provided in 2008 for the preparation of the Strategic Plan. The draft Strategic plan has been received by my Department and is currently being considered. It is my intention that the plan will be submitted to Government as quickly as possible.