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Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated and spent under the Infrastructure Upgrade and Refurbishment Programme; the details of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59337/21]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Funding of at least €112m is being provided for infrastructure refurbishment and upgrades across the HEI sector under the Higher Education Upgrade and Refurbishment Fund.  This figure includes a number of large scale infrastructure refurbishment and replacement projects. 

Currently 17 projects across the sector have been approved for funding under this stream.  Projects range from small emergency works to large scale refurbishment works and there are other projects in the pipeline.

The Department commitment to the 17 projects approved is approximately c.€79m with c€22.5m of that drawn down to date. Five of the projects are complete, one phased project is partially complete and the remaining ten projects are at various stages of design, planning and construction as set out in the attached table below. 

HEI Location/Name Stage DFHERIS Funding
AIT MV Upgrade Complete 2019 €0.99m
AIT Roof Upgrade Complete 2019 €1.32m
GMIT Castlebar - Roof upgrade Complete 2020 €2.08m
LYIT Killybegs - Campus Upgrade On Site €1.80m
IT Sligo Block K & L Upgrade On Site €13.57m
DkIT North & South Block Project Procurement Stage €18.47m
LIT Engineering Campus -Coonagh Procurement Stage €11.5m
MIC Limerick Health & Safety Works Complete 2020 €1.83m
MTU Cork Campus 1974 Building Upgrade On Site €18.75m
NCAD Health & Safety Works On Site €2.25m
St Angela's H&S2020 Phased Project:

1.Water Treatment

2.Disability Access
1. Water Treatment Complete 2020

2. Disability Access on-going
€0.4m
RIA Health and Safety Works Complete 2021 €0.07m
IT Carlow Medium Voltage Upgrade Procurement Stage €0.44m
DIAS IT Infrastructure Upgrade & Security Upgrade Procurement Stage €0.22
AIT AIT STEM Quadrangle (Auburn 2) Procurement Stage €4m
AIT AIT East Car Park On Site €0.8m
MTU TRALEE Main North Campus Entrance Upgrade Procurement Stage €0.39m

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated and spent under the Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme; the details of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59338/21]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Eight higher education institutions were approved for total funding of €6 million in 2020 to progress projects under the Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme (EEDPP) 2020. The programme is being co-funded on a 50/50 basis by my Department and SEAI.  The selected projects will test and demonstrate energy retrofit approaches, build scale, and inform key stakeholders. A table is attached with the current status and expected completion dates for the projects in question.

Under a further round of the EEDPP in 2021, a further eight projects have been successful at 'Expression of Interest' stage and have been approved to progress to design stage. This round has an indicative funding envelope of €12 million, again co-funded on a 50/50 basis by my Department and SEAI.  Following the development of designs, an Assessment Team will be convened to evaluate the projects and identify those which will proceed to implementation, cognisant of the funding envelope available.

EEDPP 2020

HEI Project Description Expected Completion
TCD Moyne Institute – Part Window Replacement, Roof

Installation, LED Lighting and Base Load Heat Pump
Q2 2022
NUIG Áras De Brún – Energy and Carbon Efficient Upgrade Q4 2021
IADT Energy Efficiency Upgrades - Atrium Building Q3 2021
UCC Decarbonisation of the O’Rahilly Building Heating System as a pathway to B2 Certification Q4 2021
MU John Paul II Library – solar panels, heat decarbonisation and insulation Q4 2021
UCD Belfield Campus DHS Heat Pump Q3 2021
DCU Marconi Building Deep Retrofit and BER Upgrade Q2 2022
LYIT Phase 1 Extension Retrofit Q3 2022
EEDPP 2021 (Approved for design stage)
HEI Project Name
UL IBC 2 - EEDPP Project 2021
UCC Enterprise Deep Retrofit.
MTU Melbourn Building
WIT Deep fabric Retrofit to Business School at WIT
ITC Burrin Building
GMIT Energy Upgrade/ CO2 reduction of Central

Block (CCAM)
LYIT BIC Biomass and

Medium Fabric Upgrade
UCD Quinn School of Business BER B Retrofit

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated capital expenditure for higher education and the capital project expenditure to date; the anticipated capital project investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59341/21]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Higher education sector capital expenditure to date in 2021 is c.€75m with a further c.€8.5m envisaged to be drawn down by year end.

The key Exchequer programmes funded in 2021 include the following:

- Higher Education PPPs 

- Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Fund

- Higher Education Infrastructure Upgrade and Refurbishment Fund

- Devolved Capital Grant

- Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme

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