Seanad debates

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Commencement Matters

Appointments to State Boards

2:30 pm

Photo of Fiach MacConghailFiach MacConghail (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her response. The appointment of the board is welcome. I appreciate the fact the Minister has given us a straight answer to those straight questions. It is also important that this new board creates trust between the student body and the academic staff and the directorate. I assume, although the Minister probably cannot say, Professor Niamh Brennan is likely to be chair of NCAD. I was not aware of how developed was the recently withdrawn UCD-NCAD partnership and I note with interest that the Minister has appointed Professor Mark Rogers and also some artists, including Ms Blaise Smith, who I know well.

Finally, I have a small request that the Minister visit that exhibition because her predecessors have done so. The students would appreciate seeing her there as an endorsement and validation of their rich and fruitful time at the university. I look forward to engaging with the Minister on that.

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