Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is landmark legislation. We have a brand new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Funding will be coming through this brand new body to our institutions. We need to ensure the funding is sufficient to allow them to achieve their maximum potential. We are fighting to maximise the funding for research for these universities. I appreciate the amount of engagement the Minister has had with all groups in the Seanad. He has taken feedback on board. We have learned so much about so many sections of the Bill. It is my first time seeing so many amendments on a Bill. It shows our engagement through our student unions and the IUA.