219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of the draft legislation to amend the Technological Universities Act 2018 to facilitate a partnership between Dundalk Institute of Technology and Queen’s University Belfast; the timeline for when a draft Bill will be presented; if IADT is the only other remaining institute of technology, being actively considered within the scope of any proposed legislative amendments to the Act; if any proposed amendments will also provide a pathway for IADT to achieve university designation within the technological university sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29169/26]

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219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of the draft legislation to amend the Technological Universities Act 2018 to facilitate a partnership between Dundalk Institute of Technology and Queen’s University Belfast; the timeline for when a draft Bill will be presented; if IADT is the only other remaining institute of technology, being actively considered within the scope of any proposed legislative amendments to the Act; if any proposed amendments will also provide a pathway for IADT to achieve university designation within the technological university sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29169/26]

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