Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the technological universities which have a foundation to raise philanthropic donations for the university. [33745/23]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline for technological universities with a foundation, how much money from the technological university funds has been spent on covering salary costs, operating costs, training or other costs of the associated TU Foundation for each of the past five years. [33746/23]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason separate technological university foundations exist, given that technological universities are themselves registered charities. [33747/23]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any donations or portions thereof received by technological university foundations were returned to donors for any reason over the past five years; in cases where donations were returned, how much money was returned; the reason the money was returned; and who the donor was. [33748/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 868, 869, 870 and 871 together.

Two of the Technological Universities have foundations to raise philanthropic donations for their university; the Munster Technological University (MTU) and the Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin).

The Atlantic Technological University (ATU), the Technological University Shannon (TUS), and the South East Technological University (SETU) have confirmed to my department that they do not have foundations to raise philanthropic donations for their university.

TU Dublin has the TU Dublin Foundation and the accounts of the foundation are included in the TU Dublin financial statements.

MTU has two wholly owned subsidiary foundation companies, one that came from Carlow Institute of Technology and the other from the Institute of Technology Tralee.

The accounts for each company relevant to MTU are fully consolidated into the MTU financial statements, and independently audited each year.

The reason for the separate technological university foundations is to provide a strategic vehicle to attract ring-fenced funding for philanthropic causes related to the University’s activities in areas such as capital development; student bursaries and scholarships; equality, equity, diversity and inclusion; research and innovation; and student entrepreneurship.

I wish to advise the Deputy that not all of the information he has requested in relation to technological university foundations is readily available in my Department.

Officials are currently arranging for the compilation of the further information sought from both the MTU and the TU Dublin and it will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the chairperson of each HEA funded Irish higher education institutions; the terms of office of each; the number of terms served by each; the method of appointment, annual remuneration and expenses for each in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [33785/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The chairpersons of higher education institutions are appointed by the governing body of those institutions, in accordance with the relevant sectoral legislation. Therefore, all of the information requested concerning the chairpersons of higher education institutions; the term of office of each; the number of terms served by each; the method of appointment, annual remuneration and expenses for each in each of the past three years is not readily available in my Department.

Officials will arrange for the compilation of the information sought and it will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.