This involves the preparation of a statement of the policy of the institution for enabling access to it and to the education it provides by students in priority groups and persons in those groups who seek to become students and a statement on the policy of the institution relating to equality, including gender equality, in all activities of the institution. The Minister rightly says people understand the matter to be about academics being free in their academic areas, but I am saying that academic freedom, if it is to make sense, is freedom of academic pursuit and therefore must apply to students.
These amendments predominantly relate to the issues of the definition of "student union" and indeed, a large number of amendments throughout this Bill relate to the important role of students' unions.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 8,871 words from 18 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Seán Kyne and Lisa Chambers; Níl, Senators Lynn Ruane and Alice-Mary Higgins..
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 14–19 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 14–20 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 13–21 |
| Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to." | Carried | 21–14 |
| Question put: : | Carried | 26–13 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 15–24 |
| Question put: | Carried | 30–11 |
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