Derek Keating (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the delegations to the committee and thank them for their presentations. In the context of the Croke Park agreement, do the new rosters and time schedules for the third level sector relate to professors and senior lecturers as well? We are all being asked to look at every way we can make a contribution to national recovery. Has the Higher Education Authority, HEA, any savings made or planned in its overall running such as in overtime payments, employment numbers, allowances, staffing schedules, promotions and even office heating costs?

We all agree the Central Applications Office, CAO, is just a bit short of perfect. Has the authority any suggestions as to how we can improve it? One can imagine the stress and concerns people have when logging on to the CAO website only to find their applications are blocked.