Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Current and Future Plans for Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
5:30 pm
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The HEIs as independent entities have HR and IR mechanisms and scaffolding to protect individuals and to investigate, where appropriate, if people bring allegations or any sort of complaint against an academic or non-academic member of staff. I am just wondering if it is on the basis of gender equality plans that the Senator has the greatest level of difficulty with this situation or is it concerned with a wider issue.