Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with UCC or MTU to discuss the possibility of locating a campus on the northside of Cork city. [26935/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I have not met with either UCC or MTU to discuss a new campus on the northside of Cork city and my Department has not been made aware of any plans by either institution in that regard.

However, my Department continues to work collaboratively with MTU and UCC on the development of capital projects in line with their established masterplans.

Higher education building projects in Cork supported by my Department include the planned new Learning Resource building at CIT's Bishopstown campus, which will be delivered as part of the Higher Education PPP Programme; a major upgrade of the main 1970s building at CIT's Bishopstown campus; the planned new building for Cork University Business School, which will be delivered as a co-funded project with UCC; and the decarbonisation of the heating system in UCC’s O’Rahilly Building, one of eight energy efficiency and decarbonisation pathfinder projects being supported in the sector.