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Higher Education Authority Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
- Introduced
- 7 Jan 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Repeals the 1971 Higher Education Authority Act and establishes new legal framework for HEA's functions in regulating higher education institutions and planning the sector.
- Creates HEA Board of 12 members (appointed by Minister) with powers to oversee institutional governance, funding accountability, and performance measurement of designated higher education providers.
- Requires HEA to prepare three-year corporate plans and annual plans aligned with tertiary education strategy, and mandates institutional compliance with governance frameworks and funding accountability requirements.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil7 Jan 2022
- Second Stage33rd Dáil26 Jan 2022
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil2 Feb 2022
- Report Stage33rd Dáil22 Jun 2022
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil22 Jun 2022
- Second Stage26th Seanad22 Jun 2022
- Committee Stage26th Seanad28 Jun 2022
- Report Stage26th Seanad6 Jul 2022
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad21 Sep 2022
- Cream List33rd Dáil5 Oct 2022
- Enacted12 Oct 2022
Debates
- From the Seanad5 Oct 2022
- Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage21 Sep 2022
- Report Stage (Resumed)20 Sep 2022
- Report Stage12 Jul 2022
- Committee Stage6 Jul 2022
- Second Stage28 Jun 2022
- Report and Final Stages22 Jun 2022
- Second Stage (Resumed)2 Feb 2022
- Second Stage (Resumed)27 Jan 2022
- Second Stage26 Jan 2022