Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, we will try to have the HEA in on the afternoon of 18 October. That is arising from the press statement by the HEA's chief executive, Dr. Graham Love, that he is stepping down. We agreed in private session that we would invite Dr. Love to attend to assist the committee in its work in the education area. We also agreed to invite Mr. Michael Horgan, the chairman of the HEA and the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills to that meeting. The Secretary General has come before us previously with the chief executive but given the fact that the HEA is in transition in the context of its chief executive, we felt that it was important to invite the chairman of the board to attend as well. It was agreed to proceed on that basis and to contact those concerned as soon as possible to give them sufficient notice in respect of that meeting.

In private session, we also agreed to have a private meeting with a person who has made a protected disclosure regarding the Irish Prison Service.