Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 10, to delete lines 4 to 8 and substitute the following:“ “applicant college” has the meaning assigned to it by section 35;

“applicant institutes” has the meaning assigned to it by section 26;

“applicant technological university” has the meaning assigned to it by section 35;”.

Institutes of technology will no longer be required to merge in advance of making an application to the Minister for technological university designation. Only two or more institutes of technology defined as applicant institutes in section 39 may apply for such designation. However, under section 48, one institute of technology, defined as an applicant college, may apply to be incorporated into an existing technological university. In the context, amendment No. 2 defines an applicant college, applicant institutes and an applicant technological university by relevance to the sections of the Bill.