Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding status of the Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College, Dublin; the funding allocated to this centre for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45484/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, the Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College Dublin represents a constituent part of Trinity College. The position is that universities are autonomous institutions in relation to the day to day management of their affairs. The universities receive a recurrent block grant from the Higher Education Authority and it is a matter for each institution to determine how it is allocated internally.

In the case of the Centre for Deaf Studies, I understand from the HEA that, in recent years, Trinity College requested and received specific funding for the Centre as part of their overall recurrent block grant. Trinity College again made a request to the HEA for specific funding, amounting to some €440,000, for the Centre for 2009. This funding request has been agreed to by the HEA for 2009.