Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Acting Chair for facilitating me. My question is on promotions. There have been issues around promotion and gender, particularly in NUIG. They have gone through the courts, so it is fine for me to say that. I know from my short time on a governing authority - I was on one with Ms Austick - that governing authorities sign off on promotions. I would like to feel secure that there is transparency in that regard. Do the witnesses feel that more needs to be done with the Bill so that there is transparency? People are entitled to take cases to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, but before it gets to that stage, it is important to ensure that all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed so that we can be assured that the steps taken in the lead up to a promotion are the correct ones.