Seanad debates
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
10:00 am
Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I make the point that we are talking about fully preserving autonomy but we are also giving the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the right to enunciate policy and are giving the HEA the right to cut off funding for people who do not comply with the Minister's policies. I find that that is not consistent with what I used to believe was university autonomy.
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