Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 4, line 9, to delete ?and applied research? and substitute ?, applied research and education?.

I will not press amendment No. 5, which proposes to incorporate applied research and education, as he Minister of State addressed the issue. The purpose of amendment No. 6 is to strengthen the assessment, including assessments by international external examiners, and have the standards referred to incorporated in the lecturing at institutions of higher education and linked to primary and secondary level education. The Minister of State expressed his sentiments on these matters and it is not necessary for me to proceed with the amendment. We may discuss the matter before Report Stage or when we meet around the House. For this reason, I will not press the amendments.