Written answers
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Department of Education and Skills
Third Level Funding
Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 5 July 2016, if a response will be provided to the question (details supplied) in view of the fact the HEA has not provided the information requested; if the relevant information for 2016 can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19681/17]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not retained in my Department or the Higher Education Authority (HEA). My officials therefore requested the HEA to liaise directly with each higher education institute referred to by the Deputy and co-ordinate the information provided. I have provided the details available for each institution for the years 2013-2015 in the attached table. The information relating to 2016 is not currently available.
| Name of University: | UCD | UCC | NUIG | MU | TCD | UL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of customers with affinity credit card to University | Details not available | 4,371 | 1,123 | A total of 13,053 cards have been issued since the inception of the card in early 1990's to end March 2016 - TCD do not have statistics in relation to cardholders that are currently active or have lapsed/ invalid/ deceased/cancelled. | ||
| Amount of money donated by bank to university/alumni fund 2013 | €150,279.01 | €97,115.00 | €11,597.00 | €192,731.00 | ||
| Amount of money donated by bank to university/alumni fund 2014 | €167,039.12 | €99,787.00 | €12,634.00 | €195,546.00 | ||
| Amount of money donated by bank to university/alumni fund 2015 | €167,236.94 | €103,496.00 | NUIG has advised that the Galway University Foundation has an arrangement with the Bank governing the promotion of a NUI Galway Affinity Credit Card to Alumni and Staff of the University. The terms of this arrangement are confidential but NUIG has confirmed that all funds raised through the scheme are currently donated to the student scholarship fund. | €13,234.00 | €201,156.00 | UL Alumni Association Limited has an affinity credit card programme with Bank of Ireland. The information requested is of a commercially sensitive nature and on this basis should remain confidential. |
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