I move amendment No. 65: In page 15, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(4) In making appointments to the Board under subsection (2), the Minister shall ensure that persons from groups which are underrepresented in research and innovation are represented on the Board.”. Amendment No. 71 adds the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science as a body with which the agency would consult in developing its corporate plan.
I move amendment No. 71: In page 21, between lines 10 and 10, to insert the following: “(iii) the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science,”.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Alice-Mary Higgins and Eileen Flynn; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Seán Kyne.
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