Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)

This is an amendment to the Universities Act 1997 dealing with the designation of degrees and other qualifications of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI. It is proposed that such degrees and other qualifications, where they are approved by the National University of Ireland, NUI, will be designated as degrees and qualifications of NUI for as long as the RCSI remains a recognised college of NUI. There is already a similar provision in the Universities Act for degrees and qualifications of constituent universities of the NUI. The RCSI gained the power to award its own degrees and qualifications in 2010 but wishes to continue its relationship with NUI and for its degrees and qualifications also to be degrees and qualifications of NUI. This is supported by the NUI's four constituent universities.