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

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 58: In page 31, line 36, after “strategy,” to insert the following: "including policies relating to social, economic, cultural and environmental development and sustainability and the promotion and use of the Irish language,". This is to provide that the Minister shall in the preparation of the strategy for tertiary education have regard to policies...

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

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for the work he is doing on this legislation in ensuring it is as strong as it can be regarding the climate and biodiversity emergency. What I suggest we do here is similar to what I suggested the previous time we engaged on this topic on Committee Stage. Perhaps we could consider the range of amendments the Deputy has submitted on the climate and biodiversity emergency...

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

Simon Harris: As outlined by the Deputies, these amendments propose to include a provision, following "That the Minister shall, in preparation of a strategy, have regard to - ", referring to "the funding status of individual designated institutions of higher education". The section provides for the preparation of a strategy for tertiary education that encompasses "the further education and training system...

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

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 63: In page 32, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following: “(5)The Minister shall, for the purposes of preparing or amending a strategy, consult with— (a) the Minister for Education and such other Ministers of the Government as the Minister considers appropriate, (b) An tÚdarás, (c) An tSeirbhís, (d) the Qualifications and...

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

Simon Harris: I understand what the Deputy is saying. Far be it from me to speak for Deputy Ó Ríordáin but I presume he is concerned that instead of consulting the student unions, someone could consult some other body of students who were hand-picked.

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

Simon Harris: We will consider the matter between now and Report Stage. My understanding is that we are trying to provide flexibility to engage with students' unions but also with other bodies of students that may emerge and which are not students' unions. It is not intended to suggest consulting certain bodies ahead of others. For example, I meet with an excellent group from Trinity College Dublin, led...

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

Simon Harris: I think that is the problem. It is a fair point. Let us try to strengthen that.

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

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 67: In page 32, to delete line 18 and substitute the following: “(a) the Minister, the Minister for Education and such other Ministers of the Government as An tÚdarás considers appropriate,”. This amendment simply states that I should consult with the Minister for Education on certain matters, considering the obvious links between the...

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

Simon Harris: In an effort to be helpful, I agree with the Deputy on this matter. I believe I am capturing his amendment in Government amendments Nos. 69 and 70. Those amendments provide for consultation on the planning and provision of higher education in the State with trade unions or staff associations of members of staff of designated institutions which are recognised by those institutions. A...

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

Simon Harris: I respond very quickly to the Deputy's requests.

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

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 69: In page 32, line 22, to delete “and”.

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

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 70: In page 32, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(f) trades unions or staff associations of members of staff of designated institutions of higher education which are recognised by those institutions, and”.

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

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 74: In page 32, line 32, after “students,” to insert “including the number of students participating at the senior level in post-primary education,”.

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

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 77: In page 33, line 8, to delete “requirements, and” and substitute “requirements, including requirements relating to the promotion and use of the Irish language, and”.

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

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 81: In page 33, line 27, to delete “requirements, and” and substitute “requirements, including requirements relating to the promotion and use of the Irish language, and”.

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

Simon Harris: I know that Deputy Ó Snodaigh has the floor, but I would like to inform the committee that this relates to the planning for provision section of the Bill. I indicated earlier that I would like to work with the Deputy on the section in question between now and Report Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Apr 2022)

Simon Harris: For student grant purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. A student may be assessed as an independent student (i.e. assessed without reference to parental income and address) if he/she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Apr 2022)

Simon Harris: SUSI’s online application process for renewal student grant applications for the 2022/23 academic year opened on 10th March, 2022. New applications will be accepted by SUSI from April 28th, 2022. As part of Budget 2022, I have secured an additional €15m to enhance the existing financial supports under the Student Grant Scheme for implementation in 2022. For the academic year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Apr 2022)

Simon Harris: My Department is strongly committed to supporting the health of the population through the provision of graduates with the key competencies and skills to be effective in the health and social care workforce. My officials are currently engaging with the Higher Education Authority and representatives from the higher education sector on the provision of additional places for the coming academic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Apr 2022)

Simon Harris: The provision of clinical placements is a matter arranged by individual HEIs and the HSE and other healthcare providers. My Department does not have a direct role in the provision of placements. From a nursing and midwifery perspective, there are Local Joint Working Groups (LJWGs) in place across the country aligned to each HEI/University and the associated healthcare partner area. These...