Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 November 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund

9:30 am

Dr. Colm O'Reardon:

I will make a general comment and Dr. Lillis will add to that. I think there is a process under way to enhance the governance of the third level sector, generally. There was a fairly significant piece of work done on the Higher Education Act, which was passed. That has changed the landscape in terms of governance. Maybe "regime" would be too strong a word but there is a new set of arrangements in place around the general level of governance of higher education institutions. They are autonomous institutions-----