Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-09-20
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

It is firm language. I have also received advice from the Attorney General and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. I accept the seriousness of the issue the Senator is raising. That advice is in line with the response I have just given. The legal advice is that it is not a substantive provision conferring any new power on a Government or a Minister but rather it is reporting against powers that already exist, either in legislation or in statute. I can only share with the Senator the legal advice.

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Sitting date: 2022-09-20