Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent)
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568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her position regarding the future headquarters of the South East Technological University (details supplied) which is irreconcilable with that stated in the minutes of the governing body meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49930/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department has been informed by the South East Technological University (SETU) that it has not announced a headquarters for the university and that for the purposes of administration processes the governing body has agreed that the administrative address would be the Waterford campus.

The appropriate development or operation of any campus of a multi-campus technological university, including SETU, remain matters for the governing body of the relevant university and neither I as the Minister nor my Department has a role or function in such matters, nor is the allocation of funding predicated on such matters.

Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent)
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569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of what constitutes a quorum with respect to the new governing board of the South East Technological University; the way that decisions at board level stand when taken in the absence of one or more of the primary four regional representatives; if it is by majority vote on the day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49931/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The legislative requirements in relation to the governing body of a technological university (TU) are prescribed in Schedule 1 of the Technological Universities Act 2018 (N0. 3 of 2018).

In the context of his question I would refer the Deputy in particular to sections 5 and 11 of the schedule in relation to the regulation of governing body meetings and to section 12 in relation to the making, amendment or revocation by a governing body of regulations of the TU for the conduct of the procedure and business of the TU.