Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of financial support provided by his Department to Dundalk Institute of Technology to assist in the purchase of a building (details supplied); if conditions were attached to the provision of funds in terms of a requirement to return monies to the State in the event that the building would be sold by the Institute in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33605/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department did not provide specific financial support for the purchase of the Ice Dome at Dundalk Institute of Technology. 

Dundalk Institute of Technology purchased the Ice Dome as part of a wider sports complex in 2014.  The remainder of the sports complex purchased at that time has been refurbished and is currently in use as a fitness centre with indoor football pitches, swimming pool and gym.  Approval for the purchase was provided by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). 

Dundalk Institute of Technology is currently engaged in efforts to secure a lease arrangement for the Ice Dome.