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

Rose Conway-Walsh: For those reasons, I think we need to go ahead with that amendment. We are all on the same page. It is about making it as strong as we possibly can and getting to the destination we want to get to.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I support the three amendments because we need greater levels of transparency on the private revenue. It is important to ensure that there is no compromise or negative impact on academic independence.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want to speak to amendments Nos. 12, 21 and 28. We oppose the term "value for money" because institutional autonomy means making choices on what does or does not constitute value. For the HEA to be tasked with securing and evidencing value for money is not practically achievable or appropriate. Transparency is not negotiable but dictating what represents value for money could potentially...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: No. I will be moving my amendments.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 13: In page 15, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(d) to protect and enhance the public nature of the higher education system;”. The principle behind this amendment is the most important point we would like to see reflected in the Bill. Nowhere in the Bill makes any reference to the public nature of our higher education system. The...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I hear what the Minister is saying. I agree with him in respect of institutes being able to be designated. I still have a fear, however, that we have not underpinned the Bill with our intention to have a public education system at third level and, for that reason, I will be pressing the amendment.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 14: In page 15, line 33, after “education” to insert the following: “, including for those who wish to pursue study and research opportunities in the medium of Irish as the national language”.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 15: In page 15, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(e) to ensure good quality working conditions for academic and non-academic staff in designated institutions of higher education;”. This amendment would ensure good-quality working conditions for academic and non-academic staff in designated institutions of higher education....

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is important that this provision be in this Bill and, therefore, I am pressing the amendment.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 16: In page 15, line 34, after "system" to insert ", including the Irish medium sector,".

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am supporting the amendment for similar reasons.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very important. The Minister has stated what is intended and has said there is nothing to be concerned about. Therefore, it should be explicitly stated in the Bill.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 22: In page 16, line 16, to delete “support” and substitute the following: “plan for the progressive increase of opportunities to study and conduct research through the medium of Irish with a view to meeting the educational and skills needs of Gaeltacht communities, Irish speakers nationwide, institutions of the European Union, and of public...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 28: In page 16, line 39, to delete “value for money” and substitute “full accountability”.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 30: In page 16, line 40, after “frameworks” to insert the following: “and to support the autonomy and decision-making capacity of designated institutions of higher education”.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 32: In page 17, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(n) to freely express its views on matters concerning the higher education sector,”.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 35: In page 17, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(o) advise the Minister in relation to the adequacy of the level of public funding that is made available for higher education and to advise on future funding requirements,”.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I strongly welcome the inclusion of the reference to student enrolment in the context of cross-Border collaboration in higher education. Can the Minister clarify if the intention of this amendment is to give a role to the HEA in promoting cross-Border enrolment?

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is why I urge the Minister to support my amendment that makes the role more explicit.