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

I move amendment No. 23:

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

75. Notwithstanding section 6(1), where an order has been made under section 7, 10 or 18 and any process for—

(a) the selection, admission, retention or exclusion of students of,

(b) the conduct of examinations or the evaluation of academic progress of students

of, or

(c) the awarding of scholarships, prizes or other awards to students of, or other

persons by, a dissolved body is commenced before the designated day by the academic council or governing body of the dissolved body under any—

(i) academic regulations made under section 10(3)(e) of the Act of 1992, or

(ii) conditions determined or regulations or, as the case may be, rules made for the conduct of the affairs of the college under the Second Schedule to that Act, but not completed immediately before that day, then the process concerned shall, on or after that day, be continued by that academic council or governing body as if the order had not been made.”.

Again, these amendments are around the transitional arrangements. Amendments Nos. 23 and 29 insert new sections 75 and 89 to ensure continuity where any process relating to the selection, admission, retention or exclusion of students, the conduct of examinations or the evaluation of academic progress of students or the awarding of scholarships, prizes or other awards has been commenced but not completed in any institute of technology to be dissolved under the Bill. Both new sections ensure that such processes shall continue in the same manner and in accordance with the same procedures as applied before the dissolution of those institutes of technology. This ensures there is legal certainty around the continuation of those processes.