Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design
10:00 am
Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:
There are further actions. As part of the implementation of the higher education strategy, the HEA is changing its role. We are putting in place new legislation and I hope the heads of the Bill will be ready for consideration by the relevant committee in the early stages of the second quarter of this year. We are also discussing these issues with the HEA and we have investigated its reorganisation with a view to ensuring that it focuses on its regulatory role. The HEA is working with us on that. It has put a number of arrangements in place and there will be further arrangements in future.