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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...basis of that increment being awarded on the completion of 52 weeks. That is where we are literally right now. It follows on from a meeting where there was an agreement in principle between TUI, SIPTU and the ETB sector on the implementation process on 12 January, followed by a meeting of my Department, the ETB sector and the unions on 16 January, which fell on a Tuesday. I will now...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (28 Nov 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Association, the Technological Higher Education Association, institutional employers and the six trade unions operating in the higher education sector, namely CONNECT, FORSA, IFUT, SIPTU, TUI and UNITE. It is noted that only one of the unions (the TUI) opted to use the Sectoral Bargaining Fund element of the Building Momentum agreement to address grade or sector based pay claims.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Simon Harris: ...an honours bachelor degree level such that a terminal degree and experience together can reasonably be viewed as equivalent to a doctoral degree. I understand that the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) raised this issue verbally at a recent meeting with my officials. However, I am not aware of any formal, empirical or documented case being presented to the Department in this regard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (11 Jul 2023)

Simon Harris: ...pension scheme by researchers in TUs remains under consideration. I understand that my officials have sought updates in recent weeks, while the matter was also discussed at an IR forum with the TUI in April where the need for progress was emphasised. I remain firmly of the view that there should be access to public service pensions for research staff in all higher education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Simon Harris: ...for the ETB Sector, and have prepared a joint proposal, which is currently under consideration by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Details of the proposal were shared with the TUI and SIPTU representatives last month acknowledging the need for further engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to agree a final approach. The Unions have provided...

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...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Simon Harris: ...the Deputies and, in particular, Deputy Conway-Walsh, for the acknowledgement that we moved on representation for the governing authorities. That was an issue that the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, and others, pursued. I engaged with the TUI at its national congress in Wexford a few weeks previously on that point. I am not minded to accept these three amendments. To be blunt, the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Simon Harris: ...on Report Stage and while we need to run things through the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, there is no disagreement here. To be clear, this should be in the Bill. We did engage with the TUI and others and they identified a number of areas where trade unions and staff associations should be in the Bill. The Deputies will remember from the last day that we brought forward quite of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: ..., SOLAS, the HEA, the Union of Students of Ireland, the trade union movement and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the Irish Federation of University Teachers, IFUT, the Teachers' Union of Ireland TUI, and AONTAS, that we are very lucky to have these stakeholders who are working so collaboratively. They are all working with a common aim of increasing on-site provision in a way that is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Institutes of Technology (20 May 2021)

Simon Harris: ...university for the north west, an issue that is also of concern to Deputy Conway-Walsh. I need to be careful in what I say because I understand a ballot of the Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI, is about to conclude but, without pre-empting any outcomes of any ballots, I am hopeful that I will shortly receive an application for a technological university for the north west, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Institutes of Technology (20 May 2021)

Simon Harris: ...be careful in answering that question because of the sensitivities involved. Staff engagement and buy-in to these processes are vital. The Deputy is factually correct that, in the south east, the TUI ballot did not pass in Waterford but did pass in Carlow and the application was still submitted by the consortium. That would, ultimately, be a decision for the governing authorities as it...

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Simon Harris: I will start with Deputy Ó Cathasaigh's question because it is time-sensitive. I want to acknowledge what the Deputy has acknowledged, but the last time TUI members were balloted on this matter, they voted overwhelmingly in favour of this project. That shows their commitment and the scale of their ambition. I would add that the only thing that has happened between 2019 and now is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Simon Harris: ...understanding is the Connacht Ulster Alliance has achieved the required technological university criteria. It has carried out its own independent audit. The CUA and the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, are in negotiations on a memorandum of understanding on a number of associated position papers. A ballot is to take place in that regard and it is likely to submit the application to me in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (8 Dec 2020)

Simon Harris: ...incurred a total of €160,215 (€40,000 p.a.) in legal fees associated with staff grievances and lawsuits. The majority of these costs are related to the Institute defending cases brought by and appealed by the TUI. There was a total of 3 settlements made via the WRC or Labour Court in the period, the total value of these settlements amount to €28,100. -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2020: Motion (12 Nov 2020)

Simon Harris: ...whose members have been working and doing a good job in different institutions. From reading through my notes, there has been considerable engagement with unions, including the Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI, and the like. I believe it was in April that the TUI requested the Department to progress a number of issues at national level with it, the Technological Higher Education...