Research and Innovation Act 2024
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Amendment of Higher Education Authority Act 2022 | ||
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69. The Act of 2022 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 9(1)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (e), by the insertion of “in co-operation with Taighde Éireann,” before “plan for research in the higher education system”, | ||
(ii) in paragraph (h), by the substitution of “Taighde Éireann” for “Science Foundation Ireland”, and | ||
(iii) in paragraph (i), by the substitution of “Taighde Éireann and other Government agencies” for “Government agencies”, | ||
(b) in paragraph (b) of section 17(7), by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (iii): | ||
“(iii) Taighde Éireann,”, | ||
(c) in section 20(3)(a), by the insertion of “and Taighde Éireann” after “the Minister”, | ||
(d) in section 21, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3): | ||
“(3A) An tÚdarás shall, in preparing the annual plan, consult with Taighde Éireann.”, | ||
(e) in section 33(5), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (e): | ||
“(e) Taighde Éireann,”, | ||
(f) in section 39, by the insertion of “and Taighde Éireann” after “Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland”, | ||
(g) in section 50(1)(c), by the substitution of “and Taighde Éireann” for “and Science Foundation Ireland”, | ||
(h) in section 51(1), by the substitution of “Taighde Éireann” for “Science Foundation Ireland”, | ||
(i) in section 67(1), by— | ||
(i) the deletion of “and” after paragraph (a), | ||
(ii) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): | ||
“(aa) Taighde Éireann, information on any issue concerning a designated institution of higher education relating to the performance by it of any one or more of its functions specified in subsection (3) as respects that institution, and”, | ||
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(iii) the addition of the following subsection after subsection (2): | ||
“(3) The functions of Taighde Éireann referred to in subsection (1) are those provided for in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m) and (n) of section 9 (1) of the Research and Innovation Act 2024.”. |