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

I move amendment No. 43:

In page 22, lines 25 and 26, to delete all words from and including “A” in line 25 down to and including line 26 and substitute the following:“A governing body, where the technological university concerned was established by an order under section 33* on an application by not more than 3 applicant institutes, shall have not fewer than 14 and not more than 22 members and shall consist of—”.

Amendment No. 43 and the related amendments will provide that the minimum membership of a governing body will be 14 and the maximum 22.In the case of four or more institutes of technology merging to become a technological university, the minimum membership will be 15 and the maximum 26. The provisions also set out the composition of governing bodies and include a competency framework for external appointments.