Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
1458. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will publish the review of monitoring and oversight of higher education institutions commissioned by the Higher Education Authority by an organisation (details supplied) in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40682/22]
View answerThe review referred to by the Deputy was commissioned by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) independently of my Department and was carried out in the context of its statutory role with regard to the effective governance and regulation of the higher education sector.
I understand that the HEA undertook the review in order to identify improvements in the reporting and monitoring activities related to the core recurrent grant between the HEA and the higher education institutions and to provide recommendations to the HEA. This included a review of existing procedures and reporting developed by the HEA to meet the requirements of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 13/2014 (Management of and Accountability for Grants from Exchequer Funds).
It is not generally practice for the HEA to publish such reports, however, the HEA has provided my Department with a copy of the report which is attached for the Deputy's information. Following engagement by the HEA with the sector all of the recommendations outlined in the report have been fully implemented.
