Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin North Central, Labour)
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Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the practice by universities (details supplied) of employing expensive external legal firms to represent them in industrial relations forums; if he has instructed these colleges to engage such legal advice; the cost of such legal advice in 2010 and the projected cost in 2011; his views on whether such an expensive legal approach to industrial relations is appropriate in view of the fact that each college already has a well-staffed human resources department; if he will provide details of the affiliation fees paid to the Irish Business and Employers' Confederation by all higher education institutions under his remit; and his views on whether so many individual memberships represent good value for taxpayers' money. [14673/11]