Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I very much look forward to visiting with the Deputy Munster technological university and its Kerry campus. I am particularly pleased that in the past week we have been able to announce the appointment of the new president for the technological university, only the second female president of a university in Ireland in about 450 years, a brilliant and eminent person by the name of Professor Maggie Cusack, coming to us from Scotland. I know she is really eager and enthusiastic about getting stuck in. I also pay tribute, as Deputy Griffin said, to the proud legacy of IT Tralee and what went before it. While we are moving to a new, exciting chapter, we would not have got to this stage of the journey were it not for the dedication of all the staff in IT Tralee who have worked so hard to get to this point. They are very proud of their heritage, their tradition and their track record, as am I. By coming together we are beginning a new and really exciting chapter in which we can approach the future with certainty and confidence. We need to do that, particularly in the aftermath of Covid and as we try to rebuild people's lives.

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