asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital expenditure by his Department on each of the colleges of education from 1970 to the latest date for which figures are available.

The amounts are as follows: (1) St. Patrick's College, Dublin, £322,127; (2) Carysfort College, Dublin, £1,014,347; (3) Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, £312,016; (4) Church of Ireland College, £102,419; (5) St. Mary's College, Marino, Dublin, £7,256; (6) The Thomand College of Education, Limerick (including the former College of Physical Education), £1,589,829; (7) St. Angela's College, Lough Gill, Sligo, £290,450.

Would the Minister not agree that those figures might suggest to him the value of reconsidering his statement made in relation to an earlier question, that there is no urgency about the question of designation of these institutions?

As the Deputy is aware, the question of designation is one of allotting the responsibility for the assessment of expenditure to the Higher Education Authority. I do not think that has anything to do with capital expenditure on the colleges.