Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-07-06
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

The question of quality was mentioned. I have amendments on this that I hope we will get to discuss later. I refer to the value attributed to excellence with regard to the functions. On the question of financial transparency, to which I hope we will return on Report Stage, financial transparency is important but we must not end up with a narrow version of value for money. Therefore, I have a number of amendments. In the debate, we must engage with issues such as quality rather than a narrowed version of value for money. Again, we will have an opportunity to discuss that.
Given that the Minister is going to engage with us on equality issues over the coming days, I will withdraw amendment No. 3, with the leave of the House.

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