Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats)
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2521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital investment committed by his Department to each of the technological universities since their foundation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19515/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has disbursed just over €222m in capital funding to the Technological University Sector since 2020 under a number of capital programmes including the Higher Education Strategic and Infrastructural Fund (HESIF), the Infrastructure and Refurbishment Fund (IURF), the Energy Efficiency Decarbonisation Pathway Programme (EEDPP), the Devolved Capital Grant, the Apprenticeship Programme Grant, the Higher Education Research and Equipment Grant (HEREG) etc.

Details of amounts disbursed to each Technological University since its establishment (with various establishment dates between 01/01/2020 and 01/05/2022) to date in 2025 are provided in the attached table.

In addition, significant capital investment is ongoing in relation to operational Public Private Partnership projects delivered for Technological University Dublin at Grangegorman, the National Maritime College of Ireland, and Cork School of Music at Munster Technological University.

In terms of capital funding from 2025 onwards, the higher education capital budget is managed at an overall level, in conjunction with the HEA, with the allocation to a higher education institution (including TU's) in any one year determined by, among other factors, the pace of progress of its projects through design, planning, procurement and delivery and subject to NDP provision.

TU Funding Disbursed - PQ 19515-25