Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Tim Conlon:

It is not a mistake because we would never admit to that. It is a positive that the Technological Universities Act 2018 restructured the governance of the technological universities in an entirely new way. It was a positive move, which sets out a core high level of competency that works to progress the technological universities. I suggest the 2018 Act is a good example of a broad range of competencies that allows the system of the day to decide how exactly that committee-----