Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

No, because the proposed subsection (7) implies that "head of faculty", where it appears in the section, shall be construed as a reference to the head of the law school in Trinity's case. In UCD, it is also the head of a school. It is just a global term used to cover all heads of schools. I am just not quite sure why there are so many references in the section. It seems a little clumsy to me. Overall the section could be tightened up and improved.

The Minister kindly said he might accept my points on in-house counsel at this point. I am happy to wait and address them when addressing section 33. The points are also relevant to section 35. Could I make these points because, as I said, I want to reserve the opportunity to submit amendments on Report Stage?