Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the working group established to examine the future of the Mayo campus of GMIT. [48733/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department, the HEA and GMIT Governing Body are fully committed to the continuance of the GMIT Castlebar campus.

Myself and the then Taoiseach established a working group in March 2017 to formulate a plan to develop a sustainable future for the Mayo Campus in Castlebar. Membership of the GMIT Working Group comprised representatives of GMIT, my Department and the HEA.

In the course of its work and guided by the agreed terms of reference, the Working Group has engaged with all relevant stakeholders to allow for a full consideration of all the issues and the options available to address the issues affecting the sustainability and viability of the Mayo Campus.

The GMIT Working Group has now completed it work and has submitted its final report to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for approval. It is expected that the HEA will submit the report to my Department shortly. The report will then be considered by my Department and arrangements will be made for its publication