Written answers
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Further and Higher Education
Maeve O'Connell (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the distribution of new core funding posts under budget 2025, by institution. [36412/25]
James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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The higher education sector operates under the terms of an Employment Control Framework (ECF) which is in place since 2011. The ECF places a ceiling on core-funded posts, which is reviewed by my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, on an annual basis as part of the budgetary process.
The following table sets out details of the additional core-funded posts allocated by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for 2025. The figures are based on whole time equivalents.
| Institution | 2025 Posts Allocated |
|---|---|
| University College Dublin | 72.7 |
| University College Cork | 56.3 |
| University of Galway | 46 |
| Maynooth University | 35.5 |
| Trinity College Dublin | 56.7 |
| University of Limerick | 41.2 |
| Dublin City University | 43.6 |
| Mary Immaculate College | 14.5 |
| National College of Art & Design | 8 |
| Atlantic Technological University | 50.3 |
| Dundalk Institute of Technology | 11.8 |
| Dun Laoghaire IADT | 7.1 |
| Munster Technological University | 41.1 |
| South East Technological University | 38.4 |
| Technological University Dublin | 68.1 |
| Technological University of the Shannon | 32.1 |
These additional posts are aligned with the increased core funding provided in Budget 2025 under Funding the Future. The Deputy should be aware that there are further additional posts due to be allocated by the HEA to the Technological Sector in respect of enhanced apprenticeship provision for 2025.
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