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• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Medical Student Places.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1971-07-07/29/
  7 Jul 1971 - Faulkner It is a matter for the universities to lay down the conditions and regulations in regard to...the admission of students to the universities.

• Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts

  National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2017-04-06/7/
  6 Apr 2017 - Deputy Catherine Connolly It raises money in support of the university....What in particular in the university does it support?

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  Appropriation Bill, 1969 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (Resumed).

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1969-12-03/4/
  3 Dec 1969 - Professor Quinlan I was in one university of 18,000 students....former students there Dean of a Faculty, Head of a Department and one of the five planners for that university...The co-operative approach is the one that will pay dividends for the Government in handling the university...On the university side all are keen and eager to share in this problem....merger and counter-merger proposals, and we are merely anxious to get on with the job and to set up universities

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Third Level Education.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-10-02/214/
  2 Oct 2008 - Minister for Education and Science (Deputy Batt O’Keeffe) The Universities Act, 1997, confers autonomous...statutory responsibilities on universities in relation to the day to day management of their affairs...It is a matter for each university to manage their financial resources and to take the necessary steps...development body for higher education and research in Ireland and is the funding authority for the universities..., that it is in continuing correspondence with the universities in relation to deficits and it is satisfied

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Written Answers. - University Libraries.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-10-16/373/
  16 Oct 1991 - O'Rourke) The University of Limerick and Dublin City University Acts of 1989 amended Section 56 of the...Copyright Act, 1963 so that the libraries of the new universities become depository libraries for Irish...This was done in order to regularise the situation and to ensure that the libraries of all the universities...circumstances to view this legal requirement in terms of a subsidy provided by Irish publishers to university

• Debate: Committee On Procedure And Privileges (Sub-Committee On Seanad Reform)

  Presentation by Convocation of the National University of Ireland.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_on_procedure_and_privileges/2003-09-18/3/
  18 Sep 2003 - The Senator referred to universities outside the State recognising degrees in Ireland....In a way that conflicts with the Universities Act....In the last few paragraphs there is a statement that if one was to set up a new university, one would...I think it causes problems in regard to universities accrediting courses in institutions here....the Bologna process is going in terms of harmonisation of degrees, I reckon we should stay with the universities

• Debate: Joint Committee On Enterprise And Small Business

  EU Green Paper on Entrepreneurship in Europe: Presentation.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2003-10-29/2/
  29 Oct 2003 - Flinter If the public sector has provided funding for the research, the university has the rights to...It is clear that better deals are being struck by the universities....In some cases, universities sell intellectual property to a company, but demand a reasonable 10% equity...In the past, universities would have insisted that the equity would never be diluted....If new capital came in, the universities insisted on holding on to 10%.

• Debate: Select Committee On Social Affairs

  SECTION 14.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_social_affairs/1997-02-13/3/
  13 Feb 1997 - page 12, subsection (5), between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: "(a) in the case of the universities...of the National University of Ireland and the University of Dublin, the governing authority shall also...include (i) not less than two or more than six members of the academic staff of the university who...Associate Professors, (ii) not less than six or more than eight members of the academic staff of the university

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Environmental Education.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1974-05-02/53/
  2 May 1974 - Bruton I am aware that an agreement was concluded last year between six European university institutes...These institutes are the Institut Europeen d'Ecologie in Metz, the University of Metz, the Centre Universetaire...in Luxembourg, the University of the Saar, the University of Trier-Kaiserlautern and the Foundation...The question of participation in the agreement by other universities does not appear to have arisen.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - University Scholarships Examination Papers.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1949-11-17/5/
  17 Nov 1949 - Lehane Does the Minister consider it desirable that this constituent college of the National University...set similar scholarship papers was acceded to by the two other constituent colleges of the National University..., namely, University College, Galway, and University College, Cork?...Minister not agree that no excuse can be made for this anti-national Roundhead attitude displayed by the University

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Third Level Funding.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-04-09/20/
  9 Apr 2008 - Does the Minister accept that the introduction of top-up fees in Northern Ireland has seen universities...there gain a considerable competitive advantage over universities in the Republic?...revenue that is not available to colleges here and this view was forcefully expressed by presidents of universities...What is the Minister's view of the additional support universities in Northern Ireland gain from top-up...fees, compared to universities here?

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  Universities Bill, 1996: Second Stage.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1997-03-20/4/
  20 Mar 1997 - of the university....of universities....of the National University....universities...., Dublin City University and the University of Limerick.

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  Private Business. - Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Bill, 1968: Committee Stage.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1968-07-03/6/
  3 Jul 1968 - There are traditional areas in which the universities are particularly sensitive....These are areas in which universities have been interfered with in certain countries and almost invariably...to the detriment of the work of the universities and sometimes with wider results even than that....control of appointments to the university and the standards of degrees....as students persons whom the universities are unwilling to accept.

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Bill, 1968: Committee and Final Stages (Resumed).

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1968-07-04/3/
  4 Jul 1968 - It would be a dangerous policy to lay down that a student who got one of those grants and went to a university...Many students who go to the university for the first time take some time to find their feet....On that point they might in effect be sent down from the university....university in regard to the standards they reach....All students should be on the one level and it should be a matter for the university authorities.

• Parliamentary Question

  105 Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of implementing the universal health insurance; the cost of implementing free general practitioner care; the estimated charges being imposed on persons with and without medical insurance for universal health insurance; the way medical card patients will be included in the scheme: if Troika approval will be required for the implementation of the model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29551/12]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2012-06-19/105/#pq_105
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 - 105 Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of implementing the universal...practitioner care; the estimated charges being imposed on persons with and without medical insurance for universal

• Parliamentary Question

  233. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow technical universities to access borrowing for the provision of purpose built student specific accommodation. [29467/19]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2019-07-09/233/#pq_233
  Tue, 9 Jul 2019 - Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow technical universities

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  National Council for Educational Awards Bill, 1978: Committee Stage (resumed).

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1979-04-25/35/
  25 Apr 1979 - It is very important to repeat that it does not mean importing a university ethos....There are large technological sections even in our own universities....Many universities outside this country—for example, the British technological universities—provide both...I agree with Deputy Horgan that some universities are not worthy of the name....those of the old traditional universities.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Universities Bill, 1996: Report Stage (Resumed).

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-03-12/24/
  12 Mar 1997 - This section of the Bill deals with the functions of a university....Section 13(1)(c) states that a university "may establish by incorporation in the State or elsewhere,...Amendment No. 26 states that a university "may collaborate with alumni or other interests and associations...both inside and outside the State to further the objects of the university"....graduates of the university.

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-02-07/8/
  7 Feb 2018 - A technological university in Waterford and Carlow will strengthen the offer available to students who...The functions of a technological university are listed in section 9, which shows precisely what is the...thinking behind technological university formation....for the designation as a technological university....a technological university as that is the purpose of section 36.

• Debate: Select Committee On Social Affairs

  SECTION 22.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_social_affairs/1997-02-19/9/
  19 Feb 1997 - These concern the type of flexibility which the universities are allowed....Amendment No.177 states: A university may depart from levels of remuneration, fees, allowances and expenses..., but may do so only in accordance with a framework which shall be agreed between the universities and...for the likes of the Iona project and any developmental field in which people within a university might...In order to ensure the retention of somebody who is a great asset to the university, the university should

• Debate: Select Committee On Social Affairs

  SECTION 32.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_social_affairs/1997-02-20/9/
  20 Feb 1997 - Subsection (2) states: A governing authority may, having regard to the resources available to the university...The problem with the phrase "having regard to the resources available to the university" is that it is...It is a way out for the universities....The section requires the university to prepare policies in respect of access to the university and to...A number of universities have been proactive in terms of improving access to the institutions.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Written Answers. - Higher Education Statistics.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1987-06-04/59/
  4 Jun 1987 - the number of students and academic staff in the medical, science, and engineering faculties in (1) University...College Galway; (2) University College Cork; (3) University College Dublin; (4) Trinity College Dublin

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  Appropriation Bill, 1939 (Certified Money Bill)—Second Stage.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1939-07-11/6/
  11 Jul 1939 - Professor Tierney The question of a university is an entirely different matter....know I shall be accused of being supercilious, but I think that before you can lay down the law about university...education, you surely ought to have some experience of university education....What I mean is that the university is a place which exists for teaching what it teaches to the highest...and do not know what universities are for.

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  University of Limerick Bill, 1989: Second Stage (Resumed).

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1989-06-01/9/
  1 Jun 1989 - with one minor hesitation which in a way is impertinent of me because it is partially on behalf of University...This hesitation refers to the naming of Dublin City University....Trinity College actually confers degrees as the University of Dublin....University College Dublin is another distinguished third level university....Now we are going to have the University of Dublin, University College Dublin and Dublin City University

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  Universities Bill, 1996: Committee Stage (Resumed).

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1997-04-16/6/
  16 Apr 1997 - " and substitute "The governing authority of a university may"....Subsection (1) reads: "The Minister may, at the request of the governing authority of a university, and...in the case of the constituent university with the consent of the Senate, by order, change the name...of the university."....I do not see any reason a university cannot call itself what it likes. It is simple.

• Parliamentary Question

  150. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be negative impacts for institutes of technology that do not become technological universities. [11828/19]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2019-03-12/150/#pq_150
  Tue, 12 Mar 2019 - Skills if there will be negative impacts for institutes of technology that do not become technological universities

• Parliamentary Question

  148. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of institutes of technology that have not applied to become technological universities. [11826/19]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2019-03-12/148/#pq_148
  Tue, 12 Mar 2019 - Education and Skills the number of institutes of technology that have not applied to become technological universities

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Higher Education Authority.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-02-27/147/
  27 Feb 2008 - Minister for Education and Science (Deputy Mary Hanafin) Section 9 of the Universities Act, 1997 provides...to advise the Higher Education Authority on whether, having regard to the objects and functions of a university..., an educational institution should be established as a university....recommendation of the Authority, the Government may, by order, provide that the institution shall be a university

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Written Answers. - Higher Diploma in Education.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-01-29/143/
  29 Jan 1998 - Institution Applicants 1995-96 Applicants 1996-97 Applicants 1997-98 National University...of Ireland, Galway 1,037 1,302 1,469 National University of Ireland, Cork 682 910...965 National University ofIreland, Dublin 1,055 1,378 1,444 National University

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Written Answers. - Institutes of Technology.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-02-27/297/
  27 Feb 2001 - Section 9 of the Universities Act, 1997 provides that the Government may, at any time, appoint a body...Education Authority and shall include international experts and national experts, including employees of universities...the Act applies, to advise the authority on whether, having regard to the objects and functions of a university...under sections 12 and 13, an educational institution should be established as a university.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Written Answers. - Higher Diploma in Education.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-01-29/143/
  29 Jan 1998 - Institution Places 1995-96 Places 1996-97 Places 1997-98 National University of Ireland..., Galway 184 184 202 National University of Ireland, Cork 208 204 182 National...University of Ireland, Dublin 163 188 210 National University of Ireland, Maynooth

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011: Committee Stage

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-03-29/7/
  29 Mar 2012 - 9 Universities Act 1997 Section 47 Insert the following new subsection after subsection (...and qualifications awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland are approved by the National University...shall, as long as the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland remains a Recognised College of the National University...of Ireland, be degrees and qualifications of the National University of Ireland and shall be so designated

• Parliamentary Question

  477 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for the extension of tenure in respect of a position at a university (details supplied); if so, if she has considered such application; if a recommendation for such extension has been issued by the governing body of the institute; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
  [14346/05]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2005-05-04/450/#pq_450
  Wed, 4 May 2005 - Science if she has received an application for the extension of tenure in respect of a position at a university

• Parliamentary Question

  118. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the report from a person (details supplied) following the consultation process with stakeholders in Waterford IT and Carlow IT; and if she will provide an update on her plans to establish a technological university in the south east. [3352/15]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2015-01-27/118/#pq_118
  Tue, 27 Jan 2015 - Waterford IT and Carlow IT; and if she will provide an update on her plans to establish a technological university

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Universities Bill, 1996: Second Stage.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-30/25/
  30 Oct 1996 - This university legislation recognises the role of the university....Dublin City University and the University of Limerick have now sought to be placed on a statutory basis...similar to the older universities....Dublin City University and the University of Limerick have shown impressive growth....or universities.

• Parliamentary Question

  3. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the work that has been done to assess, analyse and improve teaching outcomes in universities here; the tangible actions that have been planned for the next 12 months as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17794/13]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2013-04-17/3/#pq_3
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 - Education and Skills the work that has been done to assess, analyse and improve teaching outcomes in universities

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Public Services (Temporary Economies) Bill, 1933—Report Stage.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-06-02/5/
  2 Jun 1933 - McGilligan And the Senate of the University was to decide that....That is the best evidence one could have that the autonomy of the University was not interfered with.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Public Services (Temporary Economies) Bill, 1933—Report Stage.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-06-02/5/
  2 Jun 1933 - McGilligan On the contention that the universities are not properly before the House, I have made my...point that the universities are——

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Food Imports.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-05-08/31/
  8 May 1980 - MacSharry That may be desirable, but at the moment there is no official or universally accepted definition...It would have to be universally accepted.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  THE PREVENTION OF ELECTORAL ABUSES BILL, 1923. - [ DAIL IN COMMITTEE. ]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-08-03/16/
  3 Aug 1923 - AN CEANN COMHAIRLE The point I take it, is that University candidates would not bribe and University

• Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts

  University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2017-03-30/7/
  30 Mar 2017 - Deputy Catherine Connolly It is a big university. We want to champion universities.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - University Faculty.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-04-20/5/
  20 Apr 1977 - Bruton) The establishment of a new faculty in a university is a matter for the university concerned.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - University Costs.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1971-08-04/35/
  4 Aug 1971 - Enright asked the Minister for Education the cost of a university student; and the staff/student ratio...in Irish universities.

• Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts

  Pobal Annual Report 2007.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2009-02-05/4/
  5 Feb 2009 - What is the purpose of funding to the universities on this list, particularly to the Welsh Language Board...and the Montreal university?

• Debate: Committee On The Future Of Healthcare

  General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas: Discussion

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_on_the_future_of_healthcare/2016-09-21/2/
  21 Sep 2016 - That has to do with universal access. Having universal access and equity poses a challenge.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  SEANAD ELECTORAL BILL, 1928—COMMITTEE STAGE.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1928-10-10/38/
  10 Oct 1928 - FLINN Some officer of that University described as an absentee....That is the university to which the House is voting money. Is that right?

• Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts

  Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2019-01-24/3/
  24 Jan 2019 - Deputy David Cullinane They are not gone from the university....The persons who intentionally backdated that letter remain in the university.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Written Answers. - Institutes of Technology.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-07-02/201/
  2 Jul 1998 - There are no plans for any further reviews under section 9 of the Universities Act, 1997, in relation...to the establishment of universities.

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  UNIVERSITY EDUCATION (AGRICULTURE AND DAIRY SCIENCE) BILL, 1926—THIRD STAGE.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1926-07-02/13/
  2 Jul 1926 - That assumes that University College, Dublin, will not make provision for non-matriculated students in...certain courses in the university....I take it that the university will invite that type of student....should be eligible for a university diploma, or associateship....upon as high as the faculty of agriculture in any university in Europe.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Student Accommodation

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-12-15/18/
  15 Dec 2020 - I have received recent reports that some universities, including Dublin City University, are refusing...Other universities, including University of Limerick, are only issuing refunds for the six weeks of level...Universities were instructed to move online to level 3 restrictions at the end of December....The universities may be saying that they are issuing refunds but they are not being upfront about this