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Dáil Éireann - Volume 325 - 16 December, 1980

Written Answers. - Regional Technical Colleges.

Mr. Begley Mr. Begley

374. Mr. Begley asked the Minister for Education the number of (i) full-time and (ii) part-time registered students in each regional technical college throughout Ireland for September-October, 1980.

Minister for Education (Mr. Wilson) John P. Wilson

Minister for Education (Mr. Wilson): Final figures on student numbers for 1980-81 are so far available for only two regional technical colleges which are Carlow RTC and Tralee RTC. The final figures of enrolment for these two colleges and provisional figures for the remaining colleges are as follows:

Enrolments in Regional Technical Colleges (RTC)

College	Full- time 1980-81	Parttime *First Term 1980-81
Carlow RTC	643	380
Cork RTC	1,136	3,052
Dundalk RTC	718	416
Letterkenny RTC	400	452
1216 [1216]Sligo RTC	561	521
Tralee RTC	241	295
Waterford RTC	922	1,237
Galway RTC	1,245	1,463
Athlone RTC	438	475
Total	6,304	8,291

* Note: Because of the nature of part-time courses, some of which begin in the second or third terms of the school year, the figures in respect of part-time students refer to the first (September) term only of the 1980-81 school year.

Mr. Begley Mr. Begley

375. Mr. Begley asked the Minister for Education the level of financial grant to each regional technical college under the following headings: (a) administration, (b) instruction, (c) maintenance, (d) section 56 of the Vocational Education Committees Act, 1930 and (e) miscellaneous.

Minister for Education (Mr. Wilson) John P. Wilson

Minister for Education (Mr. Wilson): The amount allocated to date in 1980 to each of the regional technical colleges under the headings mentioned by the Deputy are as follows:

College	Administration	Instruction	Maintenance	Section 56 (Travelling and subsistence expenses of teachers attending courses, etc.)	Miscellaneous
	£	£	£	£	£
Athlone RTC	101,200	637,000	368,000	3,000	7,000
Carlow RTC	112,400	755,000	350,000	1,500	3,500
Cork RTC	191,200	1,807,000	991,000	1,500	3,500
Dundalk RTC	105,400	794,000	311,000	1,000	20,000
Galway RTC	207,200	1,291,000	899,000	1,000	12,000
Letterkenny RTC	89,200	473,000	292,300	1,500	8,500
Sligo RTC	146,400	848,000	447,000	4,000	11,000
Italee RTC	51,000	351,000	215,000	1,500	2,500
Waterford RTC	96,200	874,000	446,000	3,000	9,000

The amounts include receipts of the RTCs from sources other than Department grants.

The amounts do not include the cost of Phase I of the National Agreement on Pay Policy, 1980 and the cost of special pay awards sanctioned during 1980.

Mr. Begley Mr. Begley

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376. Mr. Begley asked the Minister for Education the current state of planning for Tralee regional technical college with regard to the purchase of land necessary for the erection of buildings; if the drawings for the new college building are available; and the target date for the completion [1217] and opening of the new buildings.

Minister for Education (Mr. Wilson) John P. Wilson

Minister for Education (Mr. Wilson): The Town of Tralee Vocational Education Committee have been authorised to purchase additional land necessary for the Tralee Regional Technical College. I understand that negotiations for the acquisition of the additional land are still proceeding.

Discussions are proceeding between the vocational education committee and my Department on an educational brief for the college. As soon as the brief has been agreed, architectural planning of the new buildings for the college will be commenced.

Pending the completion of these preliminaries, it would not be possible to set a precise target date for the completion of the building project.

Dáil Éireann 325 Written Answers. Regional Technical Colleges.

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