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Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: ...at Cork Institute of Technology, who are very angry. There has been an abject failure to bring the staff along through the process. This is reflected in the overwhelming rejection in the TUI ballot. They are deeply disappointed with what they regard as a significant shift from the heads of the Bill to the detail of it, which we are discussing on Report Stage. There are serious...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is no doubt about the anger outside tonight from representatives of the TUI. Their anger relates to the conditions of service, which we will discuss in a later amendment. It comes back to the respect for the staff trade unions. There seems to be more concern to include staff associations, of which we have none, to allow them to make an appearance at some stage, than respect for the...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...it by then, we have not finished it. I am not rushing it through. Last night, I met representatives of staff in Cork. They have serious concerns. I was aware of it in previous meetings with the TUI. We are trying to address the concerns we can address and make as much progress as we can in the Dáil. Although I do not know what will happen in the Seanad or what the...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...consultation. For example, the institutes in the Munster region have agreed to free up four trade union representatives on a full-time basis. There is a problem with that because I understand the TUI does not trust the process. We have asked the institutions to free up the staff members concerned and they have agreed. The Department, the Higher Education Authority and I have reiterated...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: ...relations disputes involving members of staff. There is industrial action on the way in the Cork and Kerry case. To the best of my knowledge and on the basis of my discussions with members of the TUI in Cork and Kerry, there has been a significant lack of meaningful consultation and engagement. Those involved are seriously disappointed with the level of consultation provided. Despite...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...scale and strength, high-quality multi-campus technological universities will be able to bring greater social and economic benefits to their respective regions. I have had discussions with TUI representatives as well as public representatives in areas where there are merging institutions. Like Deputy O'Brien, they have raised the point around certain young people from a given area. For...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy O'Brien for his comments. My officials did brief Opposition members. I met some members of the Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI, who expressed concerns to me. We had met them before that also. I have a number of amendments tabled that I hope address some of the issues raised by the two Opposition Deputies here in the Chamber, Deputies Jonathan O'Brien and Maureen O'Sullivan....

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: ...contribution, this is very complex legislation. Despite her claim that there has been ongoing engagement with the trade unions and staff on this, I do not believe, having spoken to members of the TUI, that this is the case. The TUI has informed me that it has had three meetings in the past year with the Department and that it was very clear at those meetings that they were briefings...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...did not expect the Minister to rush the Bill. The introduction of technological universities is a good and positive idea in principle and one to which no one objects. However, the concerns of TUI members have not been addressed. The union does not regard the briefings provided by the Minister as engagement. The concerns it expressed have not been taken on board. On the amendment,...