David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

With regard to amendment No. 13, this returns me to and reflects on a point I made earlier about the Minister taking a decision to recognise an institution as a university without consultation. I had not realised that Senator Sean D. Barrett had tabled this amendment, which would impose a requirement on the Minister to seek the observations of the universities and publish them thereafter in order that they could be presented to Parliament and members of the public for discussion. I strongly support amendment No. 13.