Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister put his finger on the issue when he said we do not know some of the issues we need to. It is very hard to evaluate whether quality has dropped given the rise in students and it is a challenge for the Department to precisely evaluate that. We can go on from there.

The Minister mentioned an amendment to the Universities Act. When the heads were published there was much media commentary but will the Minister give an indication of when they will come before the committee or even be finalised?

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