Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I move amendment No. 189:

In page 86, lines 2 and 3, to delete all words from and including “(1) Section” in line 2 down to and including line 3 and substitute the following:

“Section 7 of the Act of 1992 is amended— (a) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):”.

These are largely technical amendments. Amendment No. 189 is a technical amendment to allow for the additional amendment, amendment No. 192. Amendment No. 189 inserts (a) and amendment No. 192 inserts (b). Amendment No. 191 is a technical amendment to insert the word "and" to facilitate amendment No. 192. Amendment No. 192 is a consequential amendment to section 7(6) of the 1992 Act, which is required as a result of the repeal of subsections 4 and 5 of section 7. These subsections are being replaced by paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule, to be inserted by section 103 of the Bill. For clarity, there is a need to reference a committee of the governing body of a college as there are also committees of the academic council of a college. Amendment No. 190 is to clarify that the obligation of the governing authority of an institute of technology is to have appropriate systems, procedures and practices in place in order to implement and report on compliance with the policies of the Government or a Minister of the Government to the extent that these policies may affect or relate to the functions of the institute of technology. As we discussed earlier, the wording has been amended from "enable compliance with the policies" to "implement, and report on compliance with, the policies" to more accurately reflect the policy intent of the subsection.