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Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: ...reference to his or her board, with respect to sanctions. I made the point, as a former president of a trade union, that there should be provision to have academic representation from IFUT or the TUI. It works very well on the Teaching Council and I do not see any reason it would not work on this authority. I have every faith in the Minister. I have supported him in public on many of...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Simon Harris: We are engaging in good faith. I made myself available as the Seanad ordered its business. On Senator Craughwell’s point on the TUI and the issue of full representation, and I accept his bona fides as well as his long, distinguished relationship with the TUI, we have made progress on representation on governing authority boards. That was warmly welcomed at the TUI congress in...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: .... That is the way I feel about it. With respect to the Minister’s comment on us representing pressure groups or groups with specific interests, I have not been contacted by either IFUT or the TUI. It is in my DNA to question that. I have had two amendments provided to me by the Irish Universities Association, which thought it had a deal with the Minister on those two amendments,...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: ...proper governance in place.At the end of the day, even pressure groups that contact us are citizens with a specific interest; I will accept that. I will put on the record today that I attended the TUI conference where the Minister was hailed as a hero by many; he really impressed them all. I hope they will still be as impressed when this Bill passes. My final point is that it is within...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: Again, I speak in support. As the Minister knows, Senator Craughwell was at the TUI conference. In terms of what the Minister has done with governing bodies, it is about ensuring that the academic and non-academic staff are represented on governing authorities. I find what Senator Higgins said about public policy and giving the Minister more powers kind of unusual. Yet, most of the...