Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 480 and 481 together.

The process to develop a new national strategy for higher education is being led by a High Level Steering Group chaired by Dr Colin Hunt which draws on national and international expertise. Membership of the group is listed below. The group has met on four occasions since its launch in February 2009. The process is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Steering Group Membership: Dr Colin Hunt, Economist Dr John Hegarty, Provost Trinity College Dublin Marion Coy, President, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Professor John Casteen, President of the University of Virginia Professor Jussi Valimaa, University of Jyvaskyla Dick Lehane, former Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Manufacturing at the EMC Corporation Paul Rellis, Managing Director, Microsoft Ireland Peter Cassells, Chair of the National Centre for Partnership Performance Shane Kelly, President of USI Michael Kelly, Chairman of Higher Education Authority Dr Mary Canning, Former World Bank Education Specialist and authority member, HEA Brigid McManus, Secretary General, Department of Education and Science Martin Shanagher, Assistant Secretary, Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment Mary Doyle, Assistant Secretary, Department of An Taoiseach Robert Watt, Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance