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Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Pardon?

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I cannot hear the Deputy, I am sorry. Can the Deputy repeat it again?

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: All staff are transferring to the TU under section 50 and this Bill guarantees those jobs. I read it into the record.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I cannot understand why the Deputy did not hear. It states:Every person who, immediately before the appointed day— (a) was a member of the staff of a dissolved body shall, on the appointed day, become and be a member of the staff of the technological university Section 50 is very strong and strengthens the negotiations for staff. It defines their tenure and section 54 is also very...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I hate giving a guarantee because I could be knocked down the minute I go out the door.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The guarantee is there. It is not a guarantee from a Minister but it is in black and white in the Bill. I have also read it into the record on two occasions. I thank Deputy Burton for bringing up the issue of doctoral education. We have a national framework for doctoral education which was launched in 2015. The framework articulates nine principles for doctoral education in Ireland...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Deputy wants the word "guarantee". I am saying that section 50 guarantees the terms and conditions of current staff and fixed-term employees.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Deputy Burton. If she has specific examples, I would be very pleased to look at them. She has definitely raised gender and equality within third level institutions. I have set up a task force and on Committee Stage I accepted an amendment from Deputy Thomas Byrne to address gender balance on academic councils and to provide that at least 40% of a governing body of a technological...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: To which correspondence is the Deputy referring? We get letters every day.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The correspondence was not sent to the Department, it was sent to Professor Tom Collins.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Each consortium has a consultation process for staff and students. I have put a great deal of effort into this, as has the Department.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I have been in education for 31 years and I am from outside Dublin. I believe technological universities represent the best way forward for the regions. For staff and students, these will be stronger organisations. In good faith, that is why we have put a very strong Bill forward. It addresses all the issues that have come up via the unions, lecturers and students. This has not happened...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 2:In page 7, line 10, after “Technology;” to insert the following:"to provide for investigation into the performance of functions of the Institute for Advanced Studies and its Constituent Schools and the National College of Art and Design;".

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 3:In page 7, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:" "Act of 1940" means the Institute for Advanced Studies Act 1940; "Act of 1971" means the National College of Art and Design Act 1971;".

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 4:In page 8, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:" "pensionable public servant" shall be construed in accordance with Part 2 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012;". This is a technical amendment, the first of a number of related amendments, which inserts a new definition of "pensionable public servant" into section 2 of...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Student union members are elected to office by their peers and are autonomous in that sense. However, it is not unreasonable that student unions, in interacting with a technological university, should be recognised by the technological university. This makes practical sense as otherwise there could be a multitude of fragmented and sectional representative bodies of individuals seeking to...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 7:In page 11, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “(2) A reference in this Part to a region includes a reference to each of the regions in which the campuses of a technological university or, as the case may be, applicant institutes are located.”.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 8:In page 11, line 31, to delete “citizens” and substitute “individuals”. Following our discussions on Committee Stage, this amendment provides that the functions of a technological university provide programmes of education and training that reflect the needs of individuals in the region in which the campuses of the technological university...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 9:In page 11, line 32, to delete “the professions and other stakeholders” and substitute “the professions, the community, local interests and other stakeholders”. This amendment is the first of a number of related amendments and it provides that in addition to the needs of business, enterprise and the professions, the functions of a...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 10:In page 12, line 16, to delete "the professions and related stakeholders" and substitute "the professions, the community, local interests and related stakeholders".