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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 39: In page 17, line 15, after “information” to insert the following: “, including specific information on the funding for, and numbers engaged in, study and research through the medium of Irish,”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 47: In page 20, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(c) Not less than one of the persons appointed under paragraph (a)shall be a trade union representative of academic staff in the sector, nominated by the relevant trade union(s).”

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 48: In page 20, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(c) Not less than one of the persons appointed under paragraph (a) shall be a trade union representative of non-academic staff in the sector, nominated by the relevant trade union(s).”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Amendment No. 49 not moved.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 51: In page 22, line 8, to delete "National Apprenticeship Office" and substitute "Oifig na bPrintíseachtaí".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I cannot agree with this proposal. I hear what the Minister is saying but I do not see any reason or justification for taking out the requirement for the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. It is an additional safeguard. It is all right to remove that safeguard while the current Minister, Deputy Harris, is in office, but there might be other Ministers after him.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I never really said that. It was not explicit. I said he might not be Minister forever.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 56: In page 27, to delete lines 18 to 21. This is where the HEA's CEO is specifically prohibited from commenting on policy, in that he or she shall not question or express an opinion on the merits of any policy of the Government or Minister of the Government or the merits of the objectives of such a policy. This phrase relates specifically to the Committee of Public...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I know it is. It is also there with regard to the HSE. The purpose and justification for having a higher education authority is that it is a strong authority capable of providing oversight of the sector and acting as an advocate on the sector's behalf. Including this limitation on the CEO means he or she has less flexibility to act as a voice for the sector before this and other committees...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am still concerned that it is in the Bill. The Minister spoke about taking the wording in isolation but it explicitly states the CEO shall not question or express an opinion on the merits of any new policy of Government or Minister of the Government on the merits of the objectives of the policy. It seems very restrictive and almost dictatorial in that sense.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will withdraw the amendment but I reserve the right to present it again. I hear what the Minister is saying but it does not sit well with me.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 57: In page 28, to delete lines 18 to 21.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We tabled amendment No. 61 to ensure that if the funding status of an institute of higher education is to be taken into account, that this is only done along the lines of whether it is a public institution.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 61: In page 32, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(c) the status of an individual institution as either a relevant body or as a designated institutions of higher education that is not a relevant body,”. I will withdraw the amendment and reserve my position.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 62: In page 32, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(c) the aim of increasing the provision of Irish medium further education and training in the Irish language, and the role of the tertiary education sector in furthering both use and understanding of the Irish language,”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister. We welcome the inclusion of greater detail as to who the Minister will consult on the strategy for tertiary education. However, there are still a number of issues. While I welcome the specific inclusion of SOLAS, we need to strengthen the links and pathways between further and higher education. I have raised with the Minister previously that less than 5% of the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 71: In page 32, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(f) trade unions,”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 72: In page 32, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(f) An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, and”.