Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, under Section 9 of the Universities Act 1997, a deciding authority has to take cognizance of Government policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8522/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Section 9 of the Universities Act, 1997 provides that the Government may appoint a body, which will include national and international experts to advise the Higher Education Authority on whether, having regard to the objects and functions of a university, an educational institution should be established as a university. On the advice of the body and the recommendation of the Authority, the Government may, by order, provide that the institution shall be a university for the purposes of this Act.