Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 September 2022
426. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of money that TU Dublin is projecting to spend on organisational design consultants for the full calendar year 2022. [45494/22]
View answer427. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of money that the TU Dublin governing body approved to spend on organisational design consultants when it approved the procurement of these services and appointment of consultants. [45495/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 427 together.
Technological universities (TUs) are autonomous higher education institutions as provided for under the Technological Universities Act 2018. Section 11 of the 2018 Act provides that a TU shall have a governing body to perform the functions of the university under the Act. In this context neither I nor my Department has a role in relation to the allocation or expenditure of a TU’s budget and as such I have no knowledge of expenditure, real or proposed, of the type referred to by the Deputy.
