Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2023
157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he can confirm whether approval was sought from his Department by TU Dublin for the appointment of Vice Presidents and Deans in advance of the positions being advertised in December 2020. [41776/23]
View answer158. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he can confirm that approval had been granted by his Department for the recruitment of Vice Presidents and Deans in advance of posts being advertised and interviewed for between December 2020 and March 2021. [41777/23]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together.
TU Dublin advertised these senior posts to internal and external applicants on 15 December 2020 with a closing date of 18 January 2021.
Once it became apparent that sanction was required, TU Dublin submitted a number of documents as part of a business case seeking approval for a senior management team in the first half of 2021, with the first formal submissions seeking sanction received by DFHERIS in March 2021. There was then further engagement prior to a more detailed proposal being submitted in May 2021. Following analysis of the business case and proposal submitted, DFHERIS and DPENDPDR granted sanction for the Vice President and Faculty Dean posts in July 2021.
