Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The last time the Minister was here, he spoke about students' unions and it was highlighted that there was a definition in a prior Act which indicated the meaning of a student union. It is very clear that students want to make sure their organisations are representative, that people are elected onto them and that it is those bodies that represent the students at governing authorities across all our universities. The Minister has looked very carefully at this with his team and his officials. He is examining it and is looking at other ways within the provisions of the current Act, and potentially through the guidelines and the policies of the HEA Bill, to even further define and make clear the types of representative bodies that will be on governing authorities.