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

I move amendment No. 22:

In page 53, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“Arrangements for academic council following order under Part 2

74. (1) Any recommendation made before the designated day appointed by order under section 7, under section 10(3)(c) or (g) of the Act of 1992, by the academic council of a dissolved body shall, on or after that day, be taken to be a recommendation, under section 11(3)(d) or (j) of the Dublin Institute of Technology Act 1992, of the academic council of Dublin Institute of Technology.

(2) Any recommendation made before the designated day appointed by order under section 10 or 18, under section 10(3)(c) or (g) of the Act of 1992, by the academic council of a dissolved body shall, on or after that day, continue in being, as a recommendation, under that section 10(3)(c) or (g) of that Act, of the academic council of the merged institute.

(3) Notwithstanding section 6(1), where an order has been made under section 7, 10 or 18, and a recommendation has, before the designated day, been made under section 10(3)(d) of the Act of 1992 by the academic council of the dissolved body but a final decision has not been made by the governing body of the dissolved body in relation to a student immediately before that day, the academic council and recommendation shall continue in being as if the order had not been made until a final decision of that governing body is made in relation to the student.”.

Amendments Nos. 22 and 28 set out additional transitional arrangements. Amendment No. 22 will apply where an institute of technology is dissolved under the Bill and its functions are transferred to another body. In this case those arrangements relate to recommendations made by their academic councils. Amendment No. 22 inserts a new section 74 into the Bill which ensures that any recommendations of the academic council of an institute of technology to be dissolved under Part 3 relating to research, the award of scholarships or prizes, or the admission, selection or exclusion of students, shall continue in force following its dissolution. Similarly, amendment No. 28 inserts a new section 88 into the Bill to ensure that relevant recommendations of an academic council of an institute of technology to be dissolved under Part 3 shall continue in force.