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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I apologise for being late; I was speaking in the Chamber on homelessness. There is certainly an issue regarding Bahrain and human rights, but we are dealing with the status of the RCSI in Ireland, and I have no reason to object to the status being granted. It has, rightly, gone through a rigorous examination, as the Minister of State said. The granting of university status should not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...much work into this, and Deputies McLoughlin and Ó Laoghaire and Senators Gallagher, Byrne, McFadden and Gavan. I thank members for asking questions and the chance to respond. I welcome Deputy Jan O'Sullivan's comments as well as those of Senator Higgins. I will respond to their queries first because the others are more complex. They asked me about diversity in RCSI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...for specified purposes under the existing 2015 legislation. Therefore, the draft order before the committee today has no impact on RCSI using the university title outside the State. As Deputy Jan O'Sullivan said, higher educational institutions, HEIs, are independent, autonomous bodies with responsibilities to governing bodies, as well as to staff, students, and wider stakeholders. This...