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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Does the Deputy want to hear the answer?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is two or more in a consortium before we can approve technological university status. That is clearly the Government's policy. We have spoken to many of the institutes. I refer again to critical mass. DIT, Tallaght IT and Blanchardstown IT together have approximately 27,000 students. Further down, it is 13,000 or 14,000. In the case of Athlone IT, there are approximately 5,500...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 2:In page 10, to delete lines 4 to 8 and substitute the following:“ “applicant college” has the meaning assigned to it by section 35; “applicant institutes” has the meaning assigned to it by section 26; “applicant technological university” has the meaning assigned to it by section 35;”. Institutes of technology...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The definition in the Bill, subject to amendment No. 8, provides clarity on the roles relating to the consultation on disputes resolution procedures and nominations to governing bodies. The definition also includes a reference to other student representatives bodies, ensuring the definition includes the possibility of there being more than one student representative body in an institution in...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: No, I reject the proposed amendment. The entire statement relates to the independence of the student union and no corresponding insertions are needed relating to governance or accountability for the funding channelled to the student union. We have spoken with the Union of Students in Ireland and we will continue to speak with them.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 3:In page 10, to delete lines 9 to 14 and substitute the following:" "Director", other than in the definition of "statutory body", means, in relation to a college within the meaning of the Act of 1992, a person appointed under section 9 of that Act;".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 4:In page 10, line 31, to delete "an institute, a merged institute or a technological university" and substitute "an institute or a technological university". Amendment No. 4 is a consequential technical amendment which deletes the term "merged institute" and substitutes "applicant institute". An applicant institute is defined in section 26 as two or more institutes...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 5:In page 10, line 38, to delete "or a merged institute established under section 10(2)(b)or section 18(2)(b)".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 6:In page 11, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:" "institute" means—".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 7:In page 11, to delete lines 7 to 14.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 8:In page 12, to delete lines 2 to 6 and substitute the following:" "student", in relation to an institute or technological university, means— (a) a person registered as a student by the institute or technological university, or (b) a full-time officer of the student union who was first elected to his or her office while he or she was registered as a student by...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 10:In page 12, to delete lines 7 to 9 and substitute the following:" "student union", in relation to an institute or technological university, means the student union or other student representative body recognised by the institute or technological university;".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 13:In page 12, line 13, to delete “18,”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 14:In page 12, to delete lines 27 to 36, and in page 13, to delete lines 1 to 23 and substitute the following:“6. (1) Other than where subsection (2) applies, on the day appointed by order under section 33 or 40, the First Schedule to the Act of 1992 is amended by the deletion from column 1 of, as the case may be, the names of the dissolved applicant institutes or...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 17:In page 18, line 6, to delete “In” and substitute the following:“(1) In”. Amendments Nos. 17 and 19 clarify that a region includes more than one region if the campuses of the technological university or applicant institutes in question are located in more than one region. As such, they strengthen the regional mission of a technological...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Campuses are not defined in the Bill. However, they are dealt with in the strategic plan in section 30 of the Bill. To clarify, ITs can at any stage be stand-alone or apply to join a TU. For the record, in case anyone thinks otherwise, I have the highest regard for Athlone IT. I have visited it not only as the Minister of State with responsibility for higher education, but also in my last...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Bill will give that Government support. If we think back to budget 2018, we saw the Government gave a commitment of €200 million in public private partnerships to 11 projects in institutes of technology throughout the country, including Blanchardstown. I am happy there is absolute Government support. This was the budget where we showed intent and that we are really serious about...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 18:In page 18, line 16, to delete "dissolved merged institute" and substitute "dissolved applicant institutes".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 19:In page 18, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:"(2) A reference in this Part to a region includes, if the campuses of the technological university, or, as the case may be, applicant institutes, are located in more than one region, a reference to each of those regions.".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Martin proposes to insert a new provision into section 22 of the Bill. This wording is already provided for in section 22(k)(iii) of the Bill. The amendment is therefore not accepted. Amendment No. 21 proposes to insert a reference to learners into section 22 of the Bill, which deals with the functions of the technological university. I am of the view that the term "citizens"...