Ninth Level Ireland

“The Higher Education Authority (HEA) today, Tuesday 18 August, welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, of the launch of the tender process for Bundle 1 of the Higher Education Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme …” (more)

[Maura O’Shea, HEA, 18 August]

“A programme for the construction of six higher education buildings has progressed and will go out to tender ‘immediately’, the Department of Higher Education has said. Under Project Ireland 2040, the Government has pledged to deliver 11 higher education buildings across the country, which will facilitate an additional 8,000 student places upon completion …” (more)

[Shauna Bowers, Irish Times, 18 August]

“Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the €15 million allocation for 2019 for a college (details supplied); the date in 2019 the project will commence; if this will be impacted by the cost overrun with the national children’s hospital; if he has been consulted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)

[Dáil written answers, 12 February]

“David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital investment allocated to each institute of technology and university for the years 2019 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)

[Dáil written answers, 23 January]

“Design teams appointed, final scope of projects agreed. Strong Focus on STEM, including ICT, Engineering and Life Sciences to drive Regional Development. 11 new Higher Education buildings to provide over 8,000 new student places and 75,000m² teaching and learning space …” (more)

[Department of Education and Skills, 5 June]

“The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD, the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD, and the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD today welcomed the signing of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project Agreement which now paves the way for the construction of two flagship new buildings at the DIT campus in Grangegorman, Dublin 7…” (more)

[Department of Education and Skills, 28 March]

“Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the details of the project for GMIT Galway campus in view of his recent announcement of €200 million for 11 major infrastructure projects in the higher education sector; the estimated cost; and when will it be completed …” (more)

[Dáil written answers, 24 October]

“A total of 11 institutes of technology are to share €200m for major building projects to create state-of-the-art facilities for science, engineering and computing. The 11 projects, to be built under the Public Private Partnership programme (PPP), are designed to help drive regional development and meet skills needs in their areas …” (more)

[Independent, 16 October]

“The Department of Education has announced details of 11 large-scale construction projects that are to be built at Institutes of Technology using Public Private Partnerships in coming years. The state will pay €200m towards the buildings, which will be operated and maintained by private developers for 25 years after their construction …” (more)

[RTÉ News, 16 October]

“Dublin City University’s innovation campus is looking to significantly expand and is also in talks about a private-public partnership (PPP) to create a new co-working space for companies at the facility. The move comes as Invent DCU and its sister centre DCU Alpha have reached full capacity …” (more)

[Charlie Taylor, Irish Times, 24 August]

“Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the next stage of the development of the Dublin Institute of Technology campus at Grangegorman in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter …” (more)

[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 7 July]

“The European Investment Bank is to advance €110 million for the first phase of construction of the new Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) campus at Grangegorman …” (more)

[Olivia Kelly, Irish Times, 6 January]

“Education Minister Ruairi Quinn today approved a major works contract at the Grangegorman site. The contract, valued at almost €23 million, has been awarded to Limerick-based Roadbridge Limited …” (more)

[MerrionStreet.ie, 5 November]

“One of the biggest single projects within the Grangegorman re-development was today put out to market by the Minister for Education and Skills, Mr Ruairi Quinn TD …” (more)

[Irish Building Magazine, 31 October]

“The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD, today launched the procurement by public private partnership of two new technologically-advanced education buildings – the Central and East quads – at DIT’s new education campus at Grangegorman. This project is valued at some €180 million …” (more)

[Department of Education and Skills, 9 September]

“… Research institutions, universities and SMEs will be eligible to apply for the scheme, which is part of Horizon 2020, an EU research and innovation programme for 2014 to 2020. It succeeds the EU’s current programme, known as FP7, which comes to an end this year …” (more)

[Suzanne Lynch, Irish Times, 10 July]

“Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that IT Tallaght has spent €3.5 million from non-Exchequer resources as part of the preparatory phase of a major capital work which his Department included in its commitments under the public capital programme but which has subsequently not been funded; his views on whether it fair that the institute has to carry such a deficit and if he is proposing to take any remedial action to assist the Institute …” (more)

[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 13 March]

“Major building work in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) moved a step further this week after the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, TD, announced that the second bundle of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the third-level sector are going to market …” (more)

[Justine Dwyer, Waterford News and Star, 12 October]

“Major building work in the Institute of Technology in Tallaght moved a step further today after the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan TD, announced that the second bundle of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the third-level sector are going to market …” (more)

[Mary Coughlan, Fianna Fáil, 7 October]

“The Government must follow a commitment to new building projects at four third-level colleges with further schemes to boost construction, industry chiefs said last night. The National Development Finance Agency has begun the tendering process for the public-private partnership (PPP) works in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. The work is expected to be completed by the end of 2012 …” (more)

[Grainne Cunningham, Independent, 4 August]