COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 10, 2014

MOTION NO.4

MOTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

That this Council welcomes the publication of the Heads of Bill which will allow for the future establishment of Technological Universities and the mergers of Institutes of Technology, and notes that the DIT, IT Tallaght and IT Blanchardstown have expressed interest in becoming a technological university. This Council notes Head 53 of the Heads of Bill dealing with membership of the Governing Bodies of the proposed Technological Universities, and is concerned that the Sections under this Head makes little or no explicit provision for representation on Governing Bodies, of persons representative of local authorities, eg SDCC, or the communities in which the Institute of Technology Tallaght is situated, in the case of the potential Dublin Technological University, and requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Education conveying this concern of the Council to him.

REPORT:

If the motion is passed the Members' sentiments will be conveyed to the Minister for Education and Skills, Mr. Ruairí Quinn T.D.