“Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail): I welcome the Minister of State to the House. She may or may not be aware that the governing authority of the University of Limerick at a recent meeting failed to appoint a chancellor as set out in legislation. That is a pretty serious situation. To the best of my knowledge it is the first time it has happened in the history of the State and certainly under the new legislation. There is a requirement in law that two thirds of the governing authority voting must ratify a name that is put forward …” (more)
[Seanad debates, 19 October]