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- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: I agree with Senators Feargal Quinn and Sean D. Barrett and support the amendment. I assume we are also discussing amendments Nos. 13 and 15.
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: With regard to amendment No. 13, this returns me to and reflects on a point I made earlier about the Minister taking a decision to recognise an institution as a university without consultation. I had not realised that Senator Sean D. Barrett had tabled this amendment, which would impose a requirement on the Minister to seek the observations of the universities and publish them thereafter in...
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: Did the Minister indicate, in respect of paragraph (a), that there would not be any point in having one particular interest group represented? The whole Bill is about a single interest group - the universities are the only interest group in this case. The grocery federation of Ireland is not poking its nose into this issue. It is the reputation of the universities that will be affected by...
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: I am not sure about the advice provided for the Minister. I was involved in a legal case some years ago. The fact that I had registered a name did not do me the slightest bit of good as it did not stand up in court. Perhaps the legal position has changed or the Minister's advice mkight be a little more tenuous than usual.
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: The Minister is doing so very ably.
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: Not if the Minister is marketing in the Middle East.
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: Does it occur in other legislation in similar circumstances?
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: They have bypassed the word "university" and explained it in the-----
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: It happened in the case of libel legislation which defined companies as having personalities in order that they could take an active part in libel actions, which I thought at the time was wrong and misguided.
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: Ha.
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: I support these amendments by my colleague, Senator Barrett. Amendment No. 2 gives a clear definition of something of which there is no definition in the Bill, which is extraordinary in a Bill which deals with higher education and gives definitions of an t-Údarás, Appeals Board, authorised provider of education. It even defines the Minister but does not define higher education....
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: In this legislation, the Minister defers to herself the power to grant authorisation. That is a wide-sweeping power for somebody like the Minister, who, as I know, has had the benefit of a Trinity education. However, there may be people who do have that who will succeed her as Minister for Education and Skills. There could be corrupt politicians coming in. We have a situation with English...
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: Who assesses the quality of the doctoral degree?
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: Is the Minister referring to "person"?
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: It replaces "person".
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: Perhaps the Minister could deal with the use of the word "person".
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: It also refers to "person", because it removes "person" and substitutes-----
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: A person might provide a grind.
- Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Sep 2014)
David Norris: Amendment No. 1 amends a section of the legislation which refers to "person".