John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In light of the recent exposure around the very poor governance in many of our universities, will the Tánaiste tell the House when the universities (amendment) Bill will be introduced. The purpose of this legislation will be to ensure compliance with Government guidelines on remuneration, allowances, pensions and staffing numbers in the university sector, all issues that were the subject of much recent publicity. I fear that if the correct legislation is not in place, continued poor governance will prevail. The heads of the Bill were approved in October 2012, which is nearly five years ago. We really need action on this.

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