Sean Barrett (Independent)

I move amendment No. 119:

In page 50, subsection (1), line 15, after "section 79," to insert "the Irish Universities Quality Board,".

The board has been exercising this function. We could transfer its functions back to the universities. The amendment is an attempt to keep that option open. In time, the new body might decide to cede functions that it does not believe it needs to exercise. If we keep the body in existence, its functions could be seen to be redundant. It could be abolished instead of exercising a range of functions that many of us believe are unnecessary.