Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 April 2017
288. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology plans to advertise and hold an open competition to fill the position of campus director for the Mayo campus (details supplied). [16779/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra289. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the name of the person appointed by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to the governing body of the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, as is required by section 5(4)(b) of the Regional Technical Colleges (Amendment) Act 1999. [16780/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra290. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will invite an organisation (details supplied) to nominate a representative to the governing body of the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology as provided for under section 5(4)(c) of the Regional Technical Colleges (Amendment) Act 1999. [16781/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra291. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will appoint an additional representative from Mayo Sligo Leitrim Education and Training Board, MSLETB, to the governing body of the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, under section 5(4)(a) and section 14 of the Regional Technical Colleges (Amendment) Act 1999 (details supplied). [16782/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra292. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the length of time each member of the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology governing body has held office; and the date each member of the governing body took up office. [16783/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 288 to 292, inclusive, together.
The members to the Governing Body of the Institutes of Technology are appointed under Section 4 of the Regional Technical Colleges (Amendment) Act 1994. While the legislation provides for me in my capacity as Minister to appoint members of the Governing Body, I as Minister, have no power to nominate the members to be appointed. That onus is on the relevant Education and Training Boards to ensure that requirements under the Act are met with regard to the nominations. The legal requirements with regard to the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) board, as set out in the legislation, were checked by my Department and are in order.
The details of the dates of office of all the members of the Governing Body of GMIT are set out in the attached table, including the person appointed by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
The position with regard to the Campus Director for the Mayo Campus of GMIT is that, as the Deputy will be aware, since the introduction of the moratorium on public sector recruitment, an Employment Control Framework (ECF) has been in place for the higher education sector which provides institutions with considerable flexibility to fill vacancies, through recruitment or promotions on the basis of meeting an overall ceiling of posts. Higher education institutions are autonomous bodies and are responsible for their own day to day affairs, including the allocation of all of its income (both public and private) and for the management of its staffing compliment.
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GOVERNING BODY |
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Chairperson: |
Term of Office/End date of Term. |
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Cormac Mac Donncha |
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29.03.2017 - 28.03.2022 |
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President: |
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Dr. Fergal Barry |
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2015 - 2020 |
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Six appointed under Section 4(1)( a ) and ( b ) |
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Mr. David Leahy |
GRETB |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Cllr. Niall McNelis |
GRETB |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Cllr. Michael Moegie Maher |
GRETB |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Cllr. Karey McHugh |
GRETB |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Mr. Shaun Purcell |
MSLETB |
24.02.2017 - 31.03.2020 |
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Cllr. Mary Howard |
LCETB |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Two appointed under Section 4(1)( c ) |
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Ms. Mary Rogers |
Academic Staff Rep. |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Mr. Gareth Roe |
Academic Staff Rep. |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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One appointed under Section 4(1)( d ) |
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Mr. Michael Geoghegan |
Non-academic Staff Rep. |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Two appointed under Section 4(1) ( e ) |
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Mr. Mark O'Brien |
Student Representative |
01.07.2016 - 30.06.2017 |
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Ms. Amy Kelly |
Student Representative |
01.07.2016 - 30.06.2017 |
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One appointed under Section 4(1)( f ) |
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Mr. Joe Cunningham |
ICTU |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Five appointed under Section 4(1) (g ) |
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Ms. Celestine Rowland |
IBEC |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Mr. Declan Gibbons |
Galway Film Centre |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Ms. Máire Ni Chionna |
Engineers Ireland |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Ms. Siobhán Burke |
Irish Hotels Federation |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
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Ms. Hannah Kiely |
Galway Chamber of Commerce |
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2020 |
* denotes female member of Governing Body
