Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Technological Universities Bill was published by my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and reached Report Stage prior to the election last year. Last May I asked the Taoiseach about progress on the legislation and he gave me an assurance at that point that it would proceed, yet we have seen very little progress in the full year that has elapsed since the election.

The Taoiseach is very well aware of my own interest in the creation of a university in the south east, which was a commitment in the previous programme for Government. He is also aware there are other colleges urgently awaiting this legislation. Is the Taoiseach committed to enacting the Bill and when?

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