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Dail Éireann — 2020-09-03
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

All institutions funded through the Higher Education Authority should have received funding from the mental health pot, if we may call it that, and from the digital pot. Those institutions in the further education space that have not received it should receive funding through the education and training boards, the ETBs. I am aware that the Deputy and I are due to have a meeting next week on the Carlow issue. We can try to resolve it in relation to that.
Deputy Murnane O'Connor is very passionate about the technological university for the south east. I have met with Tom Boland, the new executive officer, who is driving this project. I expect we will have a full project plan for the delivery of the technological university in October. I am absolutely committed to making sure we all work together - and there is much work to be done - to see that open its doors in its new capacity on 1 January, 2022.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-03