Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

This is something I would like to see addressed. The Minister said he will consider the matter between now and Report Stage. I draw his attention to the fact that the HEA initiated a review of higher education funding in 2017 and it emphasised the inconsistent and incoherent nature of the administration of funding, poor data collection and a lack of overall transparency in funding for higher education institutions, HEI. Each HEI functions independently in sourcing private income and this makes assessing the full scale and source of the private funds in the sector difficult. I accept what the Minister has said regarding the sections he cited and I will review the Bill with a view to seeing whether I agree with how much teeth they have. Based on what the Minister said, I am happy to withdraw the amendment at this point.