David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of core funding awarded to each university in the State for research and development for each of the years 2009 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38729/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department allocates the total recurrent funding allocation to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions (HEIs) including the Universities and Other Colleges and the Institutes of Technology.

The HEA allocates the available funding based on a Recurrent Grant Allocation Model which is driven primarily by student numbers weighted by the relative costs of providing education in different disciplines with additional performance mechanisms built in to reflect outcomes including research. Each year, approximately 20-25% of the core grant (excluding free fees funding) is allocated on the basis of research criteria.

The HEA allocates the total funding to institutions and it is then a matter for the individual institution as to how that funding is allocated internally. The funding allocated covers teaching, research and supporting activities and the internal allocation of funds between teaching and research is a matter for each institution to determine.