Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to commend and thank all three guests for taking on the position of chair of their governing bodies. It is difficult in this country to get suitably qualified people to take on roles on State boards. A lot of people do not want to do it. You end up being exposed to Oireachtas committees or public scrutiny. It is very important for the technological universities that the people who take on the role of chair come with the background that those here do. An entity such as a technological university will be judged to a large extent by the people at the top in the first instance so I commend them on taking on the role.

Ms Feehily spoke about capacity and the importance of increasing capacity. Is she talking about the range of courses available, the buildings, the numbers of students? How does she define capacity?

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