Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senator. I believe I am reasonable and I did mention section 28(1)(c), page 28, of the Universities Act. What we are doing is mirroring that Act, which provides that the composition of the academic council should include an appropriate number of students. That is the basis of my argument.

I said this here last week and am reiterating it very strongly. The governing body will include student numbers. I would never envisage a situation in which a governing body which includes, among others, representatives of the student body of the TU would have-----