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

I move amendment No. 146:

In page 42, lines 13 and 14, to delete all words from and including “(1) A” in line 13 down to and including line 14 and substitute the following:“(1) Applicant institutes may appeal a decision under section 31(4)(b) or (c) or 32(4) (d)(ii) and an applicant college and applicant technological university may appeal a decision under section 39(3)(b).”.

Amendments Nos. 146 to 148, inclusive, are related. Amendment No. 146 provides for applicant institutes rather than a person to appeal a decision by the Minister on an application for technological university designation. This limits the scope of appeals from staff or third parties. Amendments Nos. 147 and 148 are consequential amendments which arise from the amendment of section 55(1) which provides for applicant institutes to appeal a decision by the Minister. Amendment No. 147 deletes the words "from an appellant" with regard to the receipt of a notice of appeal. Amendment No. 148 is also a technical amendment to replace the word "appellant" with "the parties to the appeal". The amendments were recommended in technical drafting terms by the Office of the Attorney General.