Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy knows, the proposed Munster technological university has got beyond the stage the south east has not yet reached. There is a requirement on the institutes to ensure they work together on the merger to move on to the next stage. The HEA is directly engaged with them, and the Deputy mentioned Mr. Tom Boland. We are keeping a watch on it in the Department and we want to ensure there are no obstacles. The institutions need to engage with their own staff and so on-----