Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion

3:35 pm

Mr. Ned Costello:

Yes, we think institutions in general - this includes remuneration - should be given much more flexibility to manage and that the State should control the overall quantum of input. The State has to guard itself against contingent liabilities for pensions and so on and, therefore, it is not money for nothing. There has to be proper control over the bit the State funds, but we firmly believe management decisions are best made on the ground.