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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Any academic in Ireland has a right to recourse through his or her employer if they feel they need it. Bullying is a very serious issue. The Senator mentioned the word "bullied". If any academic or non-academic member of staff or a student in a university or HEI governed under the auspices of the Higher Education Authority Act 2022 is bullied or in any way impeded from progression, they will have recourse through the HR and IR mechanisms, and they know that.