Written answers
Thursday, 7 March 2024
Department of Education and Skills
Further and Higher Education
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagements with Irish institutes of higher education regarding their ongoing collaboration with counterparts in Israel; and if he has raised any concerns with University College Dublin related to their Israeli counterpart fundraising for student reservists that took part in the Israeli assault on Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11400/24]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997, the Institutions of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006 and the Technological Universities Act 2018, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Ireland are autonomous bodies.
As such, these institutions are academically independent and are entitled to regulate their own academic affairs and administrative processes including their academic collaborations and as Minister it would not be appropriate for me to intervene.
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