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Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 6, after “1997;” to insert “to amend The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Act 2003;”.I welcome the Minister and wish to be associated with the sympathy expressed by the Leas-Chathaoirleach on the death of the former Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mr. Joe Walsh. After Committee Stage I had expected...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for her explanation about the shortage of time, drafting and so on. We accept and are grateful for that. We thought the Bill would come back in a different form because of our previous discussions. Her explanation is genuinely accepted. Section 1 states,"“education provider” means a person in the State who provides a programme of education and...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, to delete lines 14 and 15 and substitute the following:“ “education provider” means for the purposes of this legislation an educational institution in the State which provides a programme of education and training at levels 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the National Qualifications Framework;”.I welcome the Minister back to the House. As I...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister. I will not be moving the amendments. I gathered the Minister will be moving some in the Dáil and they will come back here. As the Minister has said, the Seanad debate on the last occasion will inform how this Bill goes forward. Therefore, I will not press it.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “ “universities” means bodies specified under section 4 of the Universities Act 1997;"Amendment No. 4 brings universities within the meaning of the Universities Act. That is self-explanatory. Amendment No. 6 is to delete a section of page 4 of the Bill. This amendment was somewhat...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for her remarks. When we are discussing "persons", there have been persons and there are lots of egos in Irish higher education who identify themselves as the institution. Modesty would not be one of their leading characteristics.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: That is what occurred to me when the Minister was replying on that issue. However, it does give protection if this were to go wrong and some person was saying he or she was denied a licence to be an Irish university. I thank the Minister for the explanation and her thoughts. We will go through them individually but I will not be pressing the amendments. We will take the amendments as the...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 6: In page 4, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following: “(3) The specified purpose referred to in subsection (1) is to enter into an arrangement with any person outside the State for the purposes of participating in a collaborative project relating to—(a) the provision of a programme of education and training where the programme is provided in...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: No; we have received a very comprehensive account of what "a person" is.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: No. The purpose of amendment No. 8 is to suggest, again for consideration, the use of the word "higher" before "education" in the Bill. That is the suggestion made.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: Amendment No. 9 refers to the proportion of the course which should be undertaken within this jurisdiction. I wonder whether somebody could lease 99% of a course. The legislation includes the words "in whole or in part" and we propose the insertion of the word "majority". Again, the amendment is proposed for the purposes of consideration when the Bill is brought before the Dáil. It...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: No, it is not. How long does it take to decide whether an institution is a university? A period of three months has been specified.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: As it has already been discussed and the Minister has responded, no, it is not being pressed.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: It is not being pressed as the Minister is drafting her amendment for consideration in the Dáil.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 16: In page 7, line 19, to delete “a special interest or” and substitute “an international reputation and”.This amendment deals with the appeals board. The provision states the Minister can make the choice "from among persons who have a special interest in...". The purpose of the amendment is to ensure it is of a higher standard. Rather like...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: Obviously, we agree with the Minister that one should have a good, rather than a bad, international reputation. I appreciate that she is considering the suggestion.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: No.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 19: In page 8, to delete lines 16 to 39, and in page 9, to delete lines 1 to 16.Recently the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform came to the House to debate legislation to extend freedom of information provisions. That is the spirit in which we propose this amendment. I am worried about placing any restriction on access to information. The spirit of the time is...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for her comments. I take it from the reference to "education or training facilities" in section 7 that the numbers of computers and laboratories and items of equipment used, sports fields, libraries and books will not be covered by a refusal of access to certain information. Perhaps it might be considered that if we need facilities, it would be better for us to have the...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister.