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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Do either of the remaining members wish to make a statement? No, okay, we will move on.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I beg Deputy Joan Burton's pardon. I had written the Deputy's name down.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: This is not Second Stage. We must get into the specific sections.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Is this in regard to one of the amendments?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Deputy must wait until we get to that.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I will move on to the Bill.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is proposed that we group a number of the amendments together. Amendments Nos. 1, 14, 24, 63, 145, 180 and 199 are related and will be discussed together.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: Does any other member wish to speak to this amendment or the other amendments that I have referred to? There will be no further opportunity to refer to them.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: They are all related.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: We will get to that when we get to it but, to be fair to everybody, we are only going to deal with the amendments in the group. I allowed Deputy Troy to raise it, but we are not going to deal with the specific amendment within this group. Otherwise, we will be jumping all over the place.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister of State.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: There are specific questions which I will ask the Minister of State to reply to but this is not Second Stage. We are dealing with amendments. When the Minister of State responds to the general questions the Deputy raises, we will go back to the amendments and start to take them in order. We will not be taking any general questions after that.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: We are not dealing with amendment No. 107.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: That has been clarified and I am going to move on. Amendment agreed to. Section 1, as amended, agreed to. SECTION 2

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: A number of amendments are grouped. They are amendments Nos. 2, 3, 6 and 8 to 12, inclusive.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: Amendments Nos. 9 and 12 are in the names of Deputies Funchion and Catherine Martin. Do they wish to address them now?

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: Amendments Nos. 4, 5, 7, 13, 15, 16, 18, 67 and 69 to 82, inclusive; 84 to 91, inclusive; 93, 94 and 96 to 105, inclusive, 113, 116, 117, 119 and 121 to 143, inclusive; and 149, 150 and 171 are related and may be discussed together.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: Deputies Byrne and Lawless have amendments. Deputy Lawless is not here.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: Amendments Nos. 17 and 19 are related and will be discussed together.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: Again, we will not get into amendment No. 106 but it has raised its head again. I would appreciate the Minister of State's response after all Deputies have spoken. Has anyone else indicated? Does Deputy Byrne wish to come back in before the Minister of State-----